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Tag Archives: dwp
Doctors’ outrage as Government ‘snoops’ over sick notes
Reposted from the Sunday Express FAMILY doctors have accused the Government of “state snooping” after it emerged that patients’ sickness records are to be collected and published. The Department for Work and Pensions will comb through GP records, including the … Continue reading
Now we have proof the DWP has harmed the mentally ill, is Iain Duncan Smith proud?
Excellent article from Mike Sivier @ Vox Political on line TRIGGER ALERT: Please note this article contains reference to mental health issues. Yet again, the Department of Work and Pensions has been revealed as an organ of monstrous bureaucratic cruelty … Continue reading
I’m so dizzy, my head is spinning!
Reposted from an article by Siobhan Fenton Make no mistake – this Tory Government isn’t here to end poverty but to rebrand it. Perhaps never before has this country been ruled by a party so image obsessed and PR driven. … Continue reading
Posted in DWP
Tagged austerity, dwp, Public Relations, Siobhan Fenton, Tommy Roe, workie, workplace pensions
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“Astroturfing”
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has closed its investigation into the Department for Work and Pensions’ use of comments and images from fake benefits claimants in a leaflet designed to demonstrate the positive impact of a controversial government … Continue reading
Posted in DWP
Tagged astroturfing, CIPR, Civil Service code of conduct, communications, dwp, investigation
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Welsh = likes rugby and can sing!
Ah stereotypes – doncha just love ’em. I am Welsh. I like rugby. But I can’t sing. I remember many years ago staying in Newcastle with friends and deciding to sample the nightlife. We ended up on the Tuxedo Princess, … Continue reading
Oh what a tangled web he weaves, when first he practices to deceive *
Reposted from the Morning Star on line *With apologies to Sir Walter Scott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmion_(poem) AFTER a long wait, the much anticipated benefit claimant death figures were finally released by Iain Duncan Smith (IDS) this summer after being blocked for … Continue reading
Posted in DWP
Tagged dwp, Iain Duncan Smith, Marmion, mortality statistics, Nick Dilworth, Sir Walter Scott, suicide
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…and now he’s coming for the self – employed
Reposted from the Void As part of his cunning plan, Gidiot Osborne – the Chancer (No – not a spelling mistake) of the Exchequer, now has his sights set on the self – employed. Plans to raise the minimum wage … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits, dwp, George Osborne, Housing Benefit, National Minimum wage, self employed, Tax credits, Universal Credit
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Daughter of man who committed suicide after being found fit to work takes human rights case to UN
Reposted from The National THE grieving daughter of a disabled man who took his own life after being wrongly declared fit for work is getting help from Scottish disability rights campaigners to take his case to the United Nations over … Continue reading
Posted in DWP
Tagged Dr Stephen Carty, dwp, GMC, Michael O'Sullivan, suicide, United Nations
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Upper Tribunal says ALL bedroom tax decisions unlawfully determined
Reposted from SPeye Joe (Welfare Writes blog) Excellent news from the Upper Tribunal regarding “Bedroom Tax” Yet another flawed government policy and not only that it’s unlawful as well! Read more about it here:- https://speye.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/upper-tribunal-says-all-bedroom-tax-decisions-unlawfully-determined/
Posted in bedroom tax
Tagged appeals, Bedroom tax, dwp, Joe Halewood, local authority, Upper Tribunal
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Michael O’Sullivan inquest: Chief coroner silent over WCA ‘future deaths’ reports
Reposted from Disability News Service The chief coroner of England and Wales has refused to act after it emerged that only one coroner has written an official report warning that lives could be put at risk by the government’s “fitness … Continue reading
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Tagged coroner, Disability News Service, dwp, Michael O Sullivan, Peter Thornton, WCA
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