Monthly Archives: September 2013

There are none so blind as those that cannot see…

Atos and DWP strike again;   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2438541/Blind-man-quit-civil-service-job-poor-eyesight-told-hes-fit-work-LETTER-Jobcentre.html

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Osborne’s big plan: falsify unemployment figures under the Workfare banner

Originally posted on Mike Sivier's blog:
A swivel-eyed loon, earlier today. [Picture: Left Foot Forward] So Gideon wants the long-term unemployed to go on Workfare indefinitely, does he? Forgive me if I’m mistaken, but doesn’t this mean the Chancellor…

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IDS to make it MORE difficult for sick and disabled people to claim benefits

Stuff like this should be on the front page of the newspapers because it shows this jumped up little sh*t for what he is. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/30/iain-duncan-smith-sick-disabled-benefits  

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The Tragic Statistic That Reveals Welfare Reform To Be A Sham

Originally posted on the void:
A tragic statistic hidden in the quarterly report on the performance of the Work Programme proves beyond doubt that both this and the last government’s welfare reforms have been an abject failure. Buried in the…

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Short term benefit advance (STBA) – what the DWP don’t want you to know!

Naughty, naughty DWP. They don’t seem to want claimants to know about the replacement for crisis loans…maybe they’re hoping people will pop off to Wonga or their local friendly loan shark; so here’s some information about STBA from the Child … Continue reading

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Price Freezes, energy blackouts and Tory hypocrisy

http://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.co.uk/

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Bedroom tax defeat

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/26/bedroom-tax-westminster-council-defeat

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Profiteering energy firms would be stupid to believe they can hold Labour to ransom

Originally posted on Mike Sivier's blog:
Miliband’s cost-of-living crusade starts here. [Picture: Metro – from an article in August headlined ‘Energy company profits rise 74 per cent in 48 months’] The UK’s private energy companies will be playing a…

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Had to post this….

This is the facebook status of a UK fireman, it almost made me weep when I read it. So a strike date is set, and tomorrow the smear campaign and hatred towards us will start…but I’m going to put it … Continue reading

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No wonder the tories want to make it more difficult for workers to take their employers to a tribunal!

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/dundee-hmrc-call-centre-bosses-criticised-over-treatment-of-disabled-workers-1.133731

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