McVey’s Twitter bid to defend Universal Credit is shot down by the public
Universal Credit – it’s not universal and is a credit to nobody, as DWP frontline staff have apparently acknowledged. And …
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Here is another death to add to the DWP’s body count
Does anybody remember a song by The Police called Murder By Numbers? One of the verses went like this: You can …
The ‘rape clause’ is just part of the problem – most DWP policies are designed to harm
Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has created a serious headache for the Conservative government with her silly chatter about …
Insanity: One in three Brits still don’t know what Universal Credit actually is
This is posted in absolute flabbergasted astonishment. But the fact that a third of the UK’s population don’t seem to …
Universal Credit is not only an all-out attack on the poor – it penalises councils that try to help
What a divided land our once-United Kingdom has become. We already know that Universal Credit is hugely harmful to those …
Crocodile tears: Heidi Allen’s emotional response to effect of Universal Credit is negated by her voting record
It would have been such a nice story – a ‘coming together’ of Labour and Conservative to make Universal Credit …
Tories agree to release secret Universal Credit reports – but only to a Commons committee
Don’t be fooled by Tory government rhetoric; this is a serious victory for Labour. Discussion of those parts of the …
These stupid Tories thought we wouldn’t know they’ve fiddled the Universal Credit rollout to help their electoral chances
Another Tory lie: They told us they wouldn’t pause the rollout of Universal Credit until it was fixed but in …
Mum lived on toast to feed her four children after benefits were slashed
This is utterly shameful. The Tories are endangering children in their eagerness to grab all the cash and resources in …
Food bank donations dumped at Downing Street door in Budget protest
I’m not sure the Conservatives will have understood the intention behind this. To paraphrase the Metro: Food was dumped opposite the doorstep …