Saturday 22nd June 2013  By Peter Lazenby  Thousands will descend on London today for the People’s Assembly Against Austerity

Continue readingThousands join launch of new anti-austerity force in London today

The People’s Assembly does create the possibility of unity, but it also poses sharply a question of how to unite in a way that maximises democracy and participation … Continue readingThe People’s Assembly: what might ‘building from below’ really mean?

  IMPORTANT NOTE!  For the avoidance of ANY confusion: Esther McVey is NOT Jewish so no anti-semitic intent should be

Continue readingVIDEO: Krishnan Guru-Murthy roasts the Tory Minister Against Disabled People Esther “Oi Vey!” McVey

  Dear Members and Supporters On Friday 7th June we were reliably informed by a Glasgow GP that posters effectively

Continue reading‘GPs not ‘supporting’ Atos disabled patients’ : Black Triangle Campaign to enter into talks with Glasgow LMC and Scottish BMA leaders

  12 Jun 2013 14:13 Parts of the area have seen a surge in people unable to put a roof

Continue readingScandal of Greater Manchester’s hidden homeless forced to seek shelter in caves

“He was a total zombie when I went to visit him. He was really depressed in there, he wanted to kill himself.” He told his daughter Wanda “if someone doesn’t get me out of here I’m going to hang myself” … Continue readingWoman was jailed in secret by Court of Protection after daring attempt to save dad with dementia who had told her “if someone doesn’t get me out of here I’m going to hang myself”

  Record View: Bedroom tax’s trail of misery   10 Jun 2013 07:46     THE callous bedroom tax continues

Continue readingDaily Record: Treatment of amputee Andrew McIntyre highlights just how cruel the bedroom tax really is but Ed Miliband and Ed Balls’ firm have to answer what they would do about the hated bedroom tax

A DISABLED man has been ordered to pay an extra £50-per-month from his benefits due to now living alone in

Continue readingNew bedroom tax shocker: Disabled Amputee told he must pay £50 more per month after his mother is taken into care

  Scottish Conservative party conference: David Cameron insists brutal welfare cuts are fair and compassionate   THE Tory leader says

Continue readingDavid Cameron insists brutal welfare cuts are “fair” and “compassionate” ~ says he’s “proud” of the reforms

  Melissa Jones, 31, took sleeping pills to escape her torment over the hated government levy, which the Sunday People

Continue readingBedroom Tax: Single mother who begged for a smaller house took overdose over £600 bill

  From The British Welfare State to Another American State   © By Mo Stewart 17th May 2013 The ongoing

Continue readingFinal Report: ‘From The British Welfare State to Another American State’ by Mo Stewart

  The true cost of ESA as a ‘major project’ First Posted by nickd in Mylegal on May 28, 2013   ‘The Major

Continue reading2.25 million have been sanctioned by the ConDem DWP: After spending £2.2 billion on the ESA regime IDS has managed to get just “Just 1,290 off the sick & into work”

  Education Secretary Michael Gove has told his Scottish Tory colleagues that next year’s independence referendum will be a “great

Continue readingVote No to independence and grant the Tories another victory

  Posted on June 8, 2013 by pawprintsofthesoul       Yesterday, a fellow precariat posted this on the internet. I don’t know who this

Continue reading‘Precariat advice on dealing with closet fascists’ by Pawprintsofthesoul Blog

Mik Scarlet Posted: 08/06/2013 00:00 Successful broadcaster, journalist and musician who is happily married and lives in trendy Camden Town in

Continue readingOn Disability: STOP LYING and GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT MILIBAND

    Ian Bell   Columnist   Wednesday 5 June 2013    IN proper writing, an anti-climax is either very

Continue readingEd Balls speech that was a suicide note for Labour

    Iain Macwhirter   Columnist   Sunday 9 June 2013    BENEFITS are not too high, they are too

Continue readingEd’s welfare squeeze betrays workers: BENEFITS are not too high, they are too low

  ‘We love you Darling’ Tom Gordon   Scottish Political Editor   Sunday 9 June 2013     ALISTAIR Darling

Continue reading‘We love you Darling’ : Labour’s Alistair Darling receives standing ovation at Scottish Conservative Party Conference

  ‘Labour had three years to formulate their policies and instead they have opted to unite with the Conservatives in

Continue readingSCVO CHIEF: Labour had three years to formulate welfare policies and instead have opted to unite with Tories in a conspiracy based on an illusion

    Agenda ‘Labour should embrace independence as the only way out of austerity’ By Cailean Gallagher – a member of

Continue readingFollowing Miliband’s speech, Scottish Labour must now embrace independence as the only way out of austerity