Black Triangle supporter Karl Winnett WRITES: The Conservative Party are, if you didn’t already realise, playing the same game as they did […]
The way in which the entire debate on benefits seems to be taking place entirely outside the realms of logic […]
Published on 9 Jan 2013 The European Union says nearly a quarter of its population is at risk of poverty or […]
OWEN JONES Wednesday 9 January 2013 A brutal assault from ideologically-crazed demagogues comes down to this: you have been mugged and […]

Which are Britain's most expensive benefits and where does the money go?
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Disability Law Service, which provides advice to disabled clients facing cuts, expects surge in demand for its services in 2013

This economic model isn't delivering jobs or decent wages. The real scroungers are greedy landlords and employers

Tory ministers have repeatedly implied disdain for non-workers with references to policies to help 'hard-working families'

Stressed social workers, compassionate nurses, advocates for better care, all those surviving their struggles – these are the people who deserve to be nominated
      Guardian Editorial 9th January 2013 It used to be called social security. Now it’s more often referred […]
Support for benefit cuts based on ignorance, research shows By agency reporter 4th January 2012 Ministers should not assume that […]
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cartoon/2013/jan/04/benefit-cuts-obese-people-cartoon#comment-20406205      

Plans to withhold benefits from obese people unless they go to the gym sit awkwardly alongside tax breaks for the rich
Independent? Aye? FRIDAY 04 JANUARY 2013 Ministers were accused last night of demonising benefits claimants in an attempt to justify […]
  I see work capability assessments damaging patients struggling with mental health issues and serious illness Anna Pilkington guardian.co.uk, Friday 4 January […]

It's tempting to side with conservative Eeyores. But from peace in Ulster to US healthcare, the progressive case is clear

Working reforms will introduce job guarantee plan for long-term claimants over 25, announces Ed Balls

Opposition outlines 'tough approach' with scheme to oblige long-term unemployed to take up a job, or lose benefits

As ideas of employment become more obscure and desperate, 2013 is the perfect time to ask what it means to live without it

Scotland is taking the lead in housing the homeless. If only Westminster did likewise
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