Peers’ move to demand government drops ‘spare bedroom tax’ forces Commons to address issue again … Continue reading
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#WRB Lords: Has there been a behind the scenes ‘stitch-up’ in advance of today’s proceedings?
By John McArdle THIS afternoon, at half past two, the Lords will reassemble in the chamber of the House
The human cost of the Welfare Reform Bill – DPAC attacks Tory MP
The Coalition is pressing on with its reforms to the UK benefits system – and among those affected are disabled
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Welfare reform: Don’t expect much fight from the Lords
By Alex Stevenson Reading this blogpost is going to be a painful experience for opponents of the government’s welfare
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Black Triangle and DPAC appeal briefing for peers in advance of the Welfare Reform Bill’s return to the Lords on Tuesday
The following is a briefing statement prepared by the Black Triangle Campaign with the support of Disabled People Against Cuts
Legal Analysis: Welfare Reform Bill & the Financial Privilege: the Lords have both the constitutional power, and good cause, to assert themselves
This paper was originally published by UCL’s Constitution Unit on 3rd February 2012. The Unit is the UK’s leading
Liberty is at stake: Commons, Lords and the Welfare Reform Bill
Stuart White, 7 February 2012 ‘…the worst thing that can happen to one in the relations between man and man,’
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It’s not necessarily game over for welfare reform resistance, after all
By Alex Stevenson Commons officials have been explaining today the rules surrounding financial privilege – an assertion of the Commons’
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If I can’t make a difference – I WILL RESIST YOU! (PG)
Yesterday’s post was a bit angry. Death has that effect on people. So we’ve replaced it with this today –
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David Cameron’s cuts have barely got going yet. That’s the frightening truth about austerity … Continue reading
The government used a rare parliamentary procedure to overturn seven key Lords amendments to its welfare reform bill
Dani Neumann’s talk on the sign of the Black Triangle at West London Synagogue for Holocaust Memorial Day
ב”ה Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers of West London Synagogue writes: “At our HMD (Holocaust Memorial Day) event last night, we had
Government suffers sixth defeat as Lords rejects provision to charge single parents for use of child support agency … Continue reading
George Soros on the financial crisis – we are entering a period of “evil”
“At times like these, survival is the most important thing” says George Soros – the man who “broke the
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Scotsman interview with Black Triangle – ‘Just not working: Why government fit-to-work tests are failing’
Saturday 23rd January 2012 Tests introduced by the government two years ago in a bid to cut benefit fraud
His decision to take a group of disabled children to the cinema changed lives for the better … Continue reading
Man shot with a 44 Magnum, two heart attacks and a stroke declared “fit for work” by Atos – Private Eye
IN THE BACK FIT-FOR-WORK TESTS ‘Shits in the dark’ IN THE Eye’s growing post-bag of appalling decisions made by French
Morality and the Welfare Reform Bill; the Liberal Democrats and the Nuremberg Defence
Doubtless, the permanently disabled and those dying of cancer will be reassured to learn that “Many Liberal Democrats have
Cameron will be robbing the sick with Welfare Bill
Cam plan is so sick ROBBING the sick to plug a black hole created by the excesses of greedy bankers
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Atos: not fit to work the ‘fit to work’ test
Chris and Fee lament Atos’s failures over the ‘fit to work’ tests