Category Archives: Benefit sanctions

ELECTION 2015: Harper suggests backing for mental health treatment sanctions

Posted on May 3, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Disability News Service The Tory minister for disabled people appears to have accidentally admitted what many disabled activists feared: that a Conservative government would cut the out-of-work benefits of people with mental health conditions if they refused treatment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefit sanctions | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Benefit scroungers and the royal family

Posted on May 2, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

picture reproduced from Daily Mail on line I’ll be honest with you, the first thing I thought when I heard the news of the royal birth was … oh goody, another addition to the civil list. http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/Royalfinances/Sourcesoffunding/TheCivilList.aspx It just seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefit sanctions | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Victory for sanctions enquiry

Posted on April 14, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Change.org Few of us, I am sure, can forget the tragic and appalling death (by DWP sanctions) of  David Clapson https://www.change.org/p/david-cameron-hold-an-inquiry-into-benefit-sanctions-that-killed-my-brother His sister, Gill Thompson took to Change.org to petition David Cameron for an enquiry into the benefit sanctions … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefit sanctions | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

George…I think I’ve found out where the moneys coming from.

Posted on April 13, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Commons debate – Daily Hansard Take it away Lisa … UK Poverty [Mr David Crausby in the Chair] 2.30 pm Lisa Nandy (Wigan) (Lab): It has been almost five years since the coalition Government took office, so we … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefit sanctions, Commons debate, Debbie Abrahams, foodbanks, Hansard, Lisa Nandy, Poverty, Welfare reform | Tagged | 9 Comments

Welsh MP’s horror as figures reveal four in five who have JSA sanctioned “don’t find work”

Posted on January 22, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from South Wales Evening Post horror as figures reveal four in five who have JSA sanctioned “don’t find work” HAIN NEATH MP Peter Hain has expressed his horror that four in every five individuals who have job seeker benefits … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefit sanctions | Tagged , | 6 Comments

The government wants death, depression and crime for people who are out of work

Posted on January 5, 2015 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Kate Belgrave A few thoughts as we kick into the year. Interviews from people who’ve been sanctioned at the end of the post: As you’ll no doubt have read, the work and pensions select committee meets this coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefit sanctions | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

“They sanctioned me. No money. I went to Tescos to steal. I don’t care.”

Posted on December 28, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Kate Belgrave I still have quite a few transcripts from interviews with people on JSA that I haven’t posted this year, mainly because I sometimes run out of time. Am posting some of them this week to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefit sanctions | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

According to IDS there are no sanctions. Really? That would be another lie then!

Posted on December 10, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reblogged from Vox Political Here is a memo from a DWP manager, congratulating staff on SMASHING SANCTIONS TARGETS!!!!! http://wp.me/p4Sru1-2tO

Posted in Benefit sanctions | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

‘People are dying!’ Oldham MP blasts Iain Duncan Smith over benefit claim sanctions

Posted on November 7, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Mancunian Matters Oldham MP Debbie Abrahams has sensationally accused the Government of contributing to the deaths of vulnerable people due to sanctioning benefit claims in order to improve figures. The Oldham East and Saddleworth constituent publicly lambasted the … Continue reading →

Posted in Benefit sanctions | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments