Tories sneak out continued benefit freeze behind announcement of royal engagement
Oh, joyous day! (That’s unless you receive Universal Credit, Jobseekers’ Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit, or …
Tag Archives: housing benefit
Help is available for people suffering Universal Credit-related money problems
Local councils have a duty to provide help for people with no income due to delays in Universal Credit payments …
Anti-homelessness helpline now receiving call for help every 30 seconds
The Conservative Government is shifting its policy on homelessness – although whether it will be effective has yet to be …
Five things George Osborne doesn’t want you to mention about his spending review
Let’s mention them: Tory backbenchers cheered, but plenty of people will be hit. As experts look for the devil in …
At last someone in the Labour Party is speaking up on political issues
… and it’s John Healey! Who’d have thought it? His article in yesterday’s Guardian makes a lot of sense (although …
Burnham’s anti-welfare stance will lose him my vote
Will somebody from the Common Sense wing of the Labour Party please stand for the leadership? Today The Guardian is …
Election choice isn’t as ‘stark’ as David Cameron wants you to think
According to the BBC, “David Cameron is to tell voters they face a ‘stark choice’ between him and Labour’s Ed …
Fears that women will die laughing at Cameron’s ‘fun’ and ‘optimistic’ claim
Don’t laugh – David Cameron is trying to ‘woo’ women voters. In an interview with Woman & Home magazine (we …
How can the unemployed PAY for appeals against refusal of benefit?
It’s the latest election-losing plan from the Conservative Party. Leaked documents from the Department for Work and Pensions have revealed …
No ‘British Spring’: Man burned alive in Britain – but does anybody care? – Pride’s Purge
It’s good to see that some bloggers are still on the ball while Yr Obdt Srvt is unwell. Here’s Tom …