By OWEN JONES Wednesday 20 March 2013   Labour’s leadership is failing to uphold its party’s values What a disgraceful, grubby […]

Proposals to be announced at conference also include ban on welfare payments to EU or other foreign citizens living in UK

Clive Baulch is among thousands of claimants whose allowance has been withdrawn, due to sanctions imposed by jobcentres

Record numbers of jobseekers are being 'sanctioned' - losing all of their benefit for weeks or months if they are deemed to be not trying hard enough to find work. Here we find out what happens to claimants when this happens, and reveal the pressure on jobcentre staff to cut off people's money
  By Mark Ferguson    Labour List    MARCH 22, 2013 8:21 AM   The fallout from Tuesday’s welfare sanctions vote […]
  BY BIRMINGHAM AGAINST THE CUTS | MARCH 22, 2013 · 3:03 PM ON Wednesday, the PCS Union who represent civil servants, began […]
  (Black Triangle) See also PCS post: DMA Targets 25 June 2012 ‘Background: In April 2011 the Guardian Newspaper ran a […]
  The Spartacus Campaign has sometimes been viewed as a little too ‘moderate’ and conciliatory in some quarters. Now, if […]

Minister says reminder will be sent to jobcentre staff after leaked email suggested existence of league tables

• Inquiry launched after league tables revealed
• Leak shows pressure on staff to refer claimants
  Britain Thursday 21 March 2013 by Rory MacKinnon The Morning Star Caseworkers in Scotland fear a rise in violent and traumatic […]

Many still don't realise how far this government is bent on dismantling the public realm. Labour has to show us a way out

Liam Byrne defends 'difficult' decision not to vote against government after resignation of shadow ministerial aide

The coalition claims to be proud of our legal sector, but after the Cait Reilly case it has simply rewritten the law in its own favour
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