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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Vicar wins High Court battle over council tax summons
Reposted from Public Sector Executive The vicar who challenged a magistrates’ court and council over the £125 cost of a council tax summons has won his case in the High Court. PSE reported on the start of the case, which … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax
Tagged council tax, Haringay Council, High Court, Reverend Paul Nicholson
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WHO WILL PAY FOR CARERS’ PENSIONS?
Reposted from Paul Lewis – This is money // A hundred thousand severely disabled people are being told they must set up a pension scheme for their carer. And no-one knows how the cost of doing so will be met. … Continue reading
Posted in carers pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, carers, direct payments, disability, dwp, local authority, pensions, taxpayers
8 Comments
Is everything in the garden rosy?
Reposted from Mirror on line At his door: David Cameron’s own gardeners at 10 Downing Street are going on strike Strikes have reached David Cameron’s doorstep as the Number 10 gardeners go on their first walkout in 37 years. Downing … Continue reading
Posted in strikes
Tagged ACAS, Buckingham Palace, David Cameron, Downing Street, GMB union, industrial action, living wage, Royal Parks, Sajid Javid, strikes
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Rainsbrook G4S youth prison slammed by Ofsted report as children suffer ‘racist’, ‘degrading’ abuse from guards high on drugs
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; privatisation of services used by the ill, elderly, vulnerable and disabled should NEVER be happen. It seems the tory tossers don’t give a monkeys left one about private firms profiting from … Continue reading
Posted in G4S
Tagged child abuse, detention, Frances Crook, G4S, Howard Leauge, Ofsted, Penal reform, Prison, Rainsbrook
7 Comments
Tax doesn’t have to be taxing.
Reposted from Mirror on line It takes 3 to 4 years to train an Inspector of Taxes and a further 18 months to 2 years to consolidate that training. In the meantime, medium to large businesses can afford to hire … Continue reading
Posted in HMRC
Tagged Cabinet Office, Dave Penman, dwp, FDA, George Osborne, HMRC, Tax, tax avoidance
2 Comments
There’s a storm brewing …
Reposted from the Guardian on line Steve White told the Guardian that more cuts would be devastating: “You get a style of policing where the first options are teargas, rubber bullets and water cannon, which are the last options in … Continue reading
Posted in Police
Tagged austerity, Conservatives, Home Office, Police, Police Federation, Steve White, Theresa May
2 Comments
How many Cabinet members would have failed the trade union ballot test?
Reposted from Union Solidarity International The list of Cabinet members who failed to secure 40% of the vote. They would not have been elected had the same criteria been imposed as strike ballots Half the members of the new Tory … Continue reading
Posted in Strike ballots
Tagged Amber Rudd, David Mundell, Francis O'Grady, Iain Duncan Smith, Justine Greening, Liz Truss, Mark Serwotka, NHS, Nicky Morgan, Oliver Letwin, Patrick McLoughlin, PCS, RCM, Sajid Javid, Stephen Crabb, strike ballots, Theresa Villiers, Trade Unions, TUC, unions, Unite
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Square peg, round hole?
Reposted from Benefits and Work So we have the “unholy” trinity of Iain Duncan Smith, Priti Patel and this charmer … The prime minister has announced that the new minister for disabled people is Justin Tomlinson, Conservative MP for North … Continue reading
Priti Patel Appointed Minister Of Death At The DWP
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Priti Patel, staunch supporter of the death penalty, will replace unemployed former Employment Minister Esther Mcvey it has been announced today. Patel has previously said that she supports the reintroduction of capital punishment as a…
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Right to life
Reposted from The Mirror on line So here we are, day 3 of their term in office and already the tories plan to scrap the Human Rights Act. Maybe they are worried about the outcome of the Information Commissioners order … Continue reading
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