Monthly Archives: June 2015

Debbie Abrahams MP Calls Slow Disability Payments “Unjust And Inhumane”

Posted on June 29, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Originally posted on Politics and Insights:
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams is calling for an end to the ‘injustice of delayed payments to disabled and terminally ill people’. Mrs Abrahams has spoken in a Westminster debate detailing her…

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Freedom of Information – Michael Goves part in its’ downfall.

Posted on June 28, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from FoI Man FOIMan explains why he is worried for the future of FOI as a result of the Justice Secretary’s comments yesterday. News reports over the weekend suggested that the new Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, was planning a renewed attack on … Continue reading →

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Tories want you to believe people choose to be poor and disabled

Posted on June 28, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Vox Political “It’s now been revealed that £12bn worth of welfare cuts will be included in next month’s budget, with even more rolled out in the autumn spending review. Such cuts are based on nothing more than the … Continue reading →

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The REAL benefit cheats.

Posted on June 26, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from The Guardian on line In the last year, Tesco has cost the Treasury £364m in pay-rate supplements. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty I really don’t know why the government is making such heavy weather of cutting £12bn off the benefits … Continue reading →

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Iain Duncan Smith brands petition for death statistics “disgraceful”

Posted on June 23, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Mirror on-line What’s disgraceful Mr Smith is your refusal to publish these statistics and the only thing “frightening people” are YOUR harsh policies! He’s fighting a legal battle to keep the figures secret – yet the Work and … Continue reading →

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Self employed included in employment statistics BUT are excluded from calculations of UK average weekly wage

Posted on June 22, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Ripped Off Britons (ROB) There are many ways, and many more motives, to raise an average. For example here are two ways to raise Average Wages: 1) Have more people on higher pay 2) Have fewer people on … Continue reading →

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♕ Queen sacrifice ♕

Posted on June 22, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from an article in PCS people magazine In chess, a queen sacrifice is a move giving up a queen in return for tactical or positional compensation. As David CaMORON went to Buckingham Palace on 8 May, thousands of people … Continue reading →

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Here we go again!

Posted on June 21, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Leicester Mercury DWP, you really are a piece of shit! Tracy and Nick Gaskin Officials have apologised after a man who cannot walk, talk or feed himself was told he had to attend a Job Centre interview to discuss … Continue reading →

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Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Posted on June 19, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Mirror on line. ***warning  – Ranty Post *** As some of you will know, I have been helping Mike Sivier, who runs the Vox Political blog, with his legal challenge to get the DWP to issue the … Continue reading →

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The election has finally opened Tory eyes to the disaster of the bedroom tax

Posted on June 19, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Guardian on line Some of Cameron’s party faithful are asking whether the bedroom tax costs more socially than it is saves financially. Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images When elected to a majority government, David Cameron and his ministers … Continue reading →

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