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Monthly Archives: May 2014
HMRC function creep.
Reposted from the Daily Mail I’m taking this article with a pinch of salt. Why? because HMRC have always used this method informally in the past. I honestly believe that this government are preparing HMRC for privatisation and this scaremongering … Continue reading
DWP Begs Charities To Collaborate In Cruelty
Originally posted on the void:
A barely literate made up quote from the DWP leaflet calling on charities to force people to work for free. The DWP has finally released the provider guidance for the new Community Workfare Placements, the…
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Tax credit debt collection is a double-edged attack on the poor
Originally posted on Mike Sivier's blog:
There’s more than a little of the piscine about the fact that our Conservative-led has set debt collection agencies onto poor families who have been overpaid tax credit due to errors made by…
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No safety net – seriously ill babies targeted by government – not benefits cheats
Originally posted on Pride's Purge:
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Ben and Emma Godsland both worked – until their severely disabled daughter Poppy was born and needed round the clock care. Poppy’s mother Emma gave up her…
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The dodgy house of Vodafone
Reblogged from UKUncut In this guest blog Richard Brooks, author of The Great Tax Robbery, explains why Vodafone’s tax dodge is still so scandalous. Vodafone epitomises 21st century international corporate tax avoidance. When the company took over German engineering company Mannesmann in … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate tax avoidance, Court of Appeal, Dave Hartnett, Finance Bill, George Osborne, HMRC, Treasury, Vodafone
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Guardian responds to IDS pitbull
Is it right do you think, that the DWP Press Officer should be allowed to carry on his own personal vendetta which is funded by the taxpayer. I don’t! I work for a government department and they regularly rebut inaccuracies … Continue reading
Oh diddums…. DWP press chief Richard Caseby doesn’t love the Guardian anymore!
Do the words pot, kettle, black mean ANYTHING to these people? Lord Fraud, Esther McVey and IDS regularly (almost on a daily basis in fact) use incorrect statistics and IDS had his knuckles wrapped by the statistics authority for doing … Continue reading
Cameron faces post-election loss blues
Originally posted on Mike Sivier's blog:
Political news seems to be in a slump after the excitement of last week’s elections, so let’s look at the damage – starting with the Conservatives and David Cameron. Amazingly, Cameron was insisting…
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The Staggering Cost Of One Man’s Delusions: £25 Billion Squandered On Bungled Welfare Reforms
Originally posted on the void:
The recent report from the Major Projects Authority, which revealed that Universal Credit is such a fucking disaster they had to invent a whole new category to describe it, also laid bare the astronomical cost…
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Government to take £40 from everyone who loses their job
From this Autumn anyone who loses their job will receive £40 less as a result of government plans to make people wait for longer for any job support, according to a consultation published today (Friday) by the Social Security Advisory … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits, dwp, ESA, JSA, Social Security Advisory Committee, TUC
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