Labour announces it will abolish DWP and re-establish DSS – in Iain Duncan Smith’s constituency
I used to work at the Department for Social Security, many years ago, and I have friends from those days …
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Edinburgh demo follows Esther McVey’s vile defence of the ‘rape clause’
Scots have organised a swift response to Esther McVey’s defence of the ‘rape clause’ at Holyrood earlier this week. If …
Outrage as Esther McVey claims ‘rape clause’ gives survivors ‘opportunity to talk’
You have to be a special kind of stupid to be a Conservative Secretary of State. As Tories, they naturally …
This is how you beat tricky BBC interviewers: Straight talking, honest politics
This site has already shown you the joyful spectacle of Dennis Skinner taking down a TV interviewer: Dennis Skinner running …
Tories will continue to kill the poor as long as ordinary people keep trying to blame Labour
Some readers of This Blog may be unfortunate enough to have witnessed a conversation with a person calling him- or …
Malnutrition and ‘Victorian’ disease return – because of rising poverty driven by the Tories
The numbers aren’t huge at the moment, but they are significant – between 2010 and 2014, malnutrition in Salford rose …
Changing benefits so people ‘get out what they put in’ can only reward the rich
Here’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The concept seems sound – revive the contributory principle for benefits so that people …
‘Monstrously unfair’, Damian Green? I, Daniel Blake’s writer stands behind every word
I note that Damian Green has very quickly got into the habit necessary to be the Work and Pensions Secretary, …
Formal demand for further investigation into ‘unnatural’ death of former soldier after benefit sanction
Vox Political welcomes the formal request for an inquest into the death of ex-soldier David Clapson. His is a story …
Driven to fury by DWP’s attitude to the deaths it has caused
A commenter on the blog sent me a link to Jack Monroe’s Facebook page today. I’m probably as familiar with Jack …