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DWP is wasting your money on bid to block publication of fit-for-work documents

August 8, 2017

The Department for Work and Pensions is wasting our money again: Documents relating to the government’s controversial fit-for-work tests could …

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Iain Duncan Smith’s latest foolishness: He no longer uses poverty to measure poverty

July 2, 2015

We all knew this was coming because we have a Conservative Government whose policies have been intended to increase poverty …

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When will the BBC get its priorities right?

August 9, 2014

It seems the BBC is delighted to carry out saturation coverage of popular demonstrations against injustice – as long as they …

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How do we wrestle fairness from a rigged economic system?

May 12, 2014

It’s terrific when an article makes you think. Why Capitalism needs unemployment, by Cheltenham & Gloucester Against Cuts, tells us …

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My Bedroom Tax protest speech

March 30, 2014

Vox Political was relatively quiet yesterday; although I reblogged plenty of articles from other sources, there was no new piece …

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‘WoW’ debate on sickness and disability benefits live blog

February 27, 2014

That concludes today’s live blog. Thanks to everybody who visited and pressed ‘F5’ to keep up with events. 2.38pm The …

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‘Scrap maternity pay’ – how Tories see the future of ‘welfare’ reform

February 12, 2014

Yesterday (February 11) we had a chance to see what the Tories – or at least some of them – want …

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Have 230,000 sick and disabled people been wrongly knocked off-benefit and forgotten?

January 23, 2014

After all the government’s efforts to kick people off long-term sickness benefits, the number of claimants has risen – but …

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Abuse of sanctions causes huge drop in unemployment claims

January 22, 2014

Esther McVey must be so proud. She has managed to make the unemployment benefit system do the exact opposite of …

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Let’s start the New Year with some hopeful news

January 1, 2014

The Information Commissioner and the Department of Work and Pensions will have to defend, before a tribunal, their decision to …

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