ONS figures show ‘phantom jobs’, such as unpaid work schemes, have helped inflate latest employment figures … Continue reading
Year: 2013
The ONS is responsible for releasing employment figures every month but how are the unpaid counted? Shiv Malik investigates the numbers
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Proposed benefit changes could ‘exclude disabled’
POLITICS 14 January 2013 Last updated at 12:18 Disabled people would be “ghettoised and excluded from society” under the new benefit
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Transcript: Welfare Reform (Disabled People and Carers) Debate 18th December Westminster Hall
Welfare Reform (Disabled People and Carers) [Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] 2.30 pm Mr Christopher Chope (in the Chair): Owing to the interest in this debate, it
Angry Liverpool Bedroom Tax Meeting Vows: ‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay’
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2013 Around one hundred people packed the large meeting room at Liverpool’s Black-E almost to capacity
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Austerity likely under Labour control, says leader
THE Labour leader of Derby City Council says he expects cuts to Government grants for local authorities to continue,
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Daniel Roque Hall has been spared a return to prison following 11th hour court order
High Court decision blocks Wormwood Scrubs return for severely disabled man convicted of drug smuggling Published: 11 January, 2013by WILLIAM
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New Zealand: ‘British-style work tests concern’ ~ tests were developed by disability ‘expert’ Prof. Sir Mansel Aylward
By HAMISH RUTHERFORD Last updated 05:00 11/01/2013 Work tests concern disability organisation Disability services group CCS says it has “grave
How GPs Can End the Atos Death Toll
From our friend and comrade Johnny Void Posted on January 11, 2013 by johnny void | 11 Comments Shortly before Christmas the highly recommended Black
Two words have dominated recent debate about benefits cuts, but if we accept either of them we allow ourselves to be diverted from the discussion we should be having … Continue reading
VIDEO: Max Kaiser & Stacey Herbert on the Banksters and ConDem genocidal policies
10th January 2013 Every week Max Keiser looks at all the scandal behind the financial news headlines. In this episode,
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Re: Tory propaganda – A genuine strategy for growth – and how and why Labour Councillors must refuse to apply cuts
The sole argument used by the government for the unalloyed nastiness of its welfare benefits uprating bill (Report, 9 January) was
Daily Mail begins priming Middle England for next ATOS Onslaught ~ The Iron Bridge
Posted on January 11, 2013 in The Iron Bridge Blog The Daily Mail published a less-than-responsible piece of journalism yesterday,
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Sir Jeremy Heywood makes suggestion while explaining to MPs his assessment of ‘plebgate’ row involving ex-chief whip … Continue reading
VIDEO: Owen Jones savages the Coalition’s ‘Promises’ on BBC News Channel 9th January 2013
Partisan? That would be the BBC’s presenter – they always brief for the Coalition and reinforce error rather than exposing
David Miliband’s Surprising Speech in the Welfare Debate
House of Commons January 8th, 2013 David Miliband (South Shields) (Lab): It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member
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Young woman with sickle cell disease, rather than a court, can decide whether or not to terminate pregnancy, judge rules … Continue reading
Think of it as an emergency transfusion, transferring idle money to where it can help those in need – and revive the economy … Continue reading
New Left Project: Prospects for 2013 by Linda Burnip (DPAC)
06 January 2013 By Linda Burnip, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) The next phase in the government’s assault on services
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Social workers should use Equality Act to embed anti-discriminatory practice
Jo Moriarty, research fellow at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, examines how research looking at
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