This article written by Will Stone was first published by the Morning Star on 24 May 2013.
A 60-year-old man has begun a hunger strike in protest against Atos assessors who stripped him of his benefits.
George Rolph, who has post- traumatic stress disorder, told the Star today how his incapacity benefit was suddenly stopped after Atos foun [...]
Hunger-Striker: Con-Dem Cuts Are Kill...
This article written by Will Stone was first published by the Morning Star on 24 May 2013.
A 60-year-old man has begun a hunger strike in protest against Atos assessors who stripped him of his benefits.
George Rolph, who has post- traumatic stress disorder, told the Star today how his incapacity benefit was suddenly stopped after Atos foun [...]
Universal Credit In Danger Of Failing...
This article titled “Universal credit in danger of failing, official Whitehall review says” was written by Patrick Wintour, political editor, for The Guardian on Friday 24th May 2013 18.37 UTC
The first official government admission that Iain Duncan Smith’s flagship plans to remake the welfare state has hit trouble emerged [...]
Don’t Blame Immigration For Sic...
Lee Rigby lost his life in brutal Woolwich attack. Photograph: Mod.
By Jenny Howarth
Wednesday was just another day for the people of Woolwich. Some went to work, others shopping. Little did they know that later that day, a sickening attack on a serving British Soldier would propel them into the glare of the media spotlight.
As the story brok [...]
Domestic Violence Victim Seeks Bedroo...
This article titled “Domestic violence victim seeks bedroom tax judicial review” was written by Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 24th May 2013 14.58 UTC
A victim of domestic violence who faces losing her council home which has a secure “panic room” is to challenge the government [...]
Iain Duncan Smith To Be Taken To High...
Four vulnerable families have today issued judicial review proceedings in the High Court against the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, challenging the ‘benefit cap.’
The benefit cap policy has been imposed in four local authority areas since 15 April 2013 (including Haringey, where one of these families live) and w [...]
Disabled Workers Halt London Traffic
This article written by Will Stone was first published by the Morning Star on 22 May 2013.
Angry delegates stormed out of TUC disabled workers conference chamber today [22 May] afternoon after dramatically voting to suspend the remaining order of business to demonstrate together against massive attacks to their livelihoods.
Hundreds of dis [...]
Tax Lost Offshore Could End World Pov...
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos via photopin cc
This article titled “Tax lost offshore could end world poverty, says Oxfam” was written by Larry Elliott, economics editor, for The Guardian on Tuesday 21st May 2013 23.01 UTC
Lost tax revenue from money salted away offshore is costing governments more than $150bn (£99bn) a year, Oxfa [...]
Fitness-For-Work Tests Unfair On Peop...
Campaigners protest against the Work Capability Assessment, carried out by the private health firm, Atos Healthcare
This article titled “Fitness-for-work tests unfair on people with mental health problems, court says” was written by Amelia Gentleman, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 22nd May 2013 13.13 UTC
The fitness-for-work te [...]
NHS Funding Of Private Sector Rose By...
This article titled “NHS funding of private sector rose by £3bn in six years, report says” was written by Randeep Ramesh, social affairs editor, for The Guardian on Tuesday 21st May 2013 23.05 UTC
Spending on private services by the NHS reached a record £8.7bn last year, a jump of more than £3bn since 2006, according to research [...]
Long-Term Jobless Failed By Con-Dems
This article written by Luke James was first published by the Morning Star on 21 May 2013.
Top MPs tore into the government’s flagship Work Programme today after finding it is not helping long-term unemployment people find work.
The work and pensions committee condemned the “poor” performance of the “payment-by-resu [...]
Research: UK Jobs Market Strengthens,...
Embargoed Until Midnight 21 May 2013
Research seen by the Welfare News Service, shows the number of available job vacancies has risen, but also shows that the number of people chasing each of those vacancies have increased by 1.8%.
According to the *research sent to the Welfare News Service by Adzuna [1], there are currently 460,977 availabl [...]
The Truth About Universal Credit
This article written by Michael Meacher MP was first published by the Morning Star on 20 May 2013.
Universal Credit was officially launched on a very small scale at the end of last month in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire.
It merges several benefits and tax credits into one monthly pay-out – not, let it be noted, weekly.
Work and Pensio [...]
