Mass evictions of the most vulnerable are no way to tackle the housing benefit bill, and we must do all we can to stop them … Continue reading
Month: March 2013
Glasgow Against the Bedroom Tax – From the Front Line
Gregor Cubie MLitt Digital Journalism Student and writer for The Inner Circle ‘Glasgow Against the Bedroom Tax – From
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Those with the greatest needs comprise 2% of the population yet are taking 15% of cuts. That’s more than a loss of dignity … Continue reading
THIS is The Alternative: The Ten Step Programme to U.K. National Recovery
BLACK TRIANGLE SAYS: MARK SERWOTKA FOR PRIME MINISTER! The human cost of George Osborne’s austerity politics is too high. We
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Bedroom Tax ~ ‘The Scottish Government must stop playing politics with disabled people’s lives’ ~ Black Triangle
No ifs! No buts!! Amend Section 16 NOW! Black Triangle VIEW: The Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is
Ed Miliband contrasts David Cameron’s defence of bankers’ bonuses with plans to cut housing benefit at PMQs … Continue reading
#ESAendgame ~ Please lend your support to this campaign and share as widely as possible ~ Unite!
GUEST POST SUE MARSH WRITES: Wednesday, 6 March 2013 ESA SOS – The Starting Gun In a few weeks,
Bedroom tax on poor is proof we are not all in this together ~ ‘Persecuting families with disabled kids and adults is despicable’
By Kevin Maguire 6 Mar 2013 02:40 The blunderbuss approach of slashing the benefits of those with spare rooms combines
The great bedroom tax farce: Just 50 one-bed homes available for 7,000 hit in Newcastle
Those facing cuts include foster families, those caring for someone with a disability and divorcees who share custody of their
Businesswoman Sarah-Jane on how the benefits system was both a lifeline and a ladder for her
By Chris Clements 25 Feb 2013 10:42 MUM-of-two, Sarah-Jane, 34, runs a Glasgow health and fitness spa and enjoys
Austerity has set female voters against Cameron, but that’s only part of a global change shaping the politics of the future … Continue reading
Legal challenge claims disabled people will be disproportionately affected by change to benefit rules … Continue reading
Change in benefit rules expected to lead to a reduction in benefits for hundreds of thousands of people … Continue reading
Tenants are at breaking point
28 Feb 2013 11:01 BEDROOM tax has the potential to deliver a devastating blow to the poorest people
Mum with dwarfism says Cameron’s cuts are forcing her out of her home
By Mark Aitken 10 Feb 2013 00:01 IRIS HENDERSON is just 3ft 5ins and has specially adapted her home of 35
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Bedroom tax has left me feeling suicidal, reveals wheelchair-bound Scot
By Torcuil Crichton 28 Feb 2013 08:49 JANICE MARTIN said she fears the new Con-Dem tax will force her out of
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The lies we tell ourselves: ending comfortable myths about poverty
A report from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church, the Church of Scotland and the United Reformed Church Truth and lies
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The ‘big society’ has become rhetorical window-dressing for an massive and unprecedented assault on the most vulnerable … Continue reading
Politicians have taken the lead in blaming poverty on the poor … Continue reading
Announcing the details of 33 #BedroomTax Protests: Please Share!
At 1 pm on 16 March, people opposed to the #BedroomTax will be gathering in city centres in more
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