Bedroom Tax: “I served my country in the army for 10 years – including in Afghanistan. I find it more stressful being back here and dealing with being homeless than when I was in a war zone”

Starving Homeless Afghanistan War Veteran Charged £31 a week Bedroom Tax ~ in temporary accommodation
by JJ
on Oct 19
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“We seek a country where we make work pay but not by humiliating those with disabilities” ~ Alex Salmond’s conference speech

First Minister tells SNP Conference that Westminster is humiliating disabled people and that it is a disgrace that a UN Representative was forced to comment on an injustice in 21st Century Scotland
by JJ
on Oct 19
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The only way we can guarantee NHS Scotland’s future is to vote Yes to independence Alex Neil tells conference

"My message to Hunt is unequivocal: Scotland rejects your politics, your attack on staff and your desire to destroy the real NHS" ~ Alex Neil
by JJ
on Oct 19
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“We go the extra mile to pick up the pieces from bad Westminster decisions: Never has that been more the case than on the welfare reform programme” ~ John Swinney

Within the confines of devolution and against the constraints of a Westminster government that does not share our vision ... We go the extra mile to pick up the pieces from bad Westminster decisions: Never has that been more the case than on the welfare reform programme ~ John Swinney
by JJ
on Oct 19
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“Do not ever let anyone pull the wool over your eyes about the consequences of a No vote: Scotland’s social security system will be dismantled.”

The vulnerable and disabled are paying the price of things as they are now. A No vote will guarantee that that will continue as the welfare state will be dismantled in Scotland ~ Nicola Sturgeon tells conference
by JJ
on Oct 19
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