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Tag Archives: Iain Duncan Smith
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
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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IDS – NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE
Reposted from Kitty Jones – Politics and Insights This excellent article from Kitty shows us how arrogant this “government” really are. https://kittysjones.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/techniques-of-neutralisation-david-camerons-excuses-for-iain-duncan-smith/ Today, Debbie received the following written response to her question from the Prime sinister Minister:
Posted in DWP
Tagged benefits, Daily Mirror, David Cameron, deaths, dwp, ESA, Iain Duncan Smith, ICO, Kitty Jones, Mike Sivier, Ministerial Code, twitter, Vox Political
1 Comment
… and still no word from the bald one.
Four days after the issue of the report giving details of the mortality statistics by DWP and still not a peep from Iain dunked in sh*t… https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortality-statistics-esa-ib-and-sda-claimants or his boss CaMORON. If either of them had a shred of decency … Continue reading
Posted in DWP
Tagged Bishop of Manchester, David Cameron, dwp, Iain Duncan Smith, Mike Sivier, Nick Dilworth, statistics
12 Comments
Mens Rea, Actus Reus.
Now, I’m not being pretentious or anything, but some things just sound better in Latin and this is one of them. Mens Rea, Actus reus, simply means guilty mind, guilty act. We’ve all committed the Mens Rea at some point … Continue reading
A good day to bury bad news …?
Well, well lookie here … on the very same day that the DWP finally release the mortality statistics in respect of ESA, IB and SDA ; Iain Duncan Smith’s top special adviser has been awarded a peerage — on the … Continue reading
Posted in DWP
Tagged BBC, Daily Mirror, dwp, ESA, Iain Duncan Smith, IB, ICO, Jeremy Corbyn, Mike Sivier, mortality statistics, Phillipa Stroud, Vox Political, WCA
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Department for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith tells furious MPs to stop ‘lecturing’ him for refusing to reveal benefits deaths
Reposted from the Mirror on line The arrogance of this man and his sidekick beggars belief! A pox on them and their kind! Who the Fu8K do they think they are! The good thing is, what with the Freedom of … Continue reading
Posted in DWP
Tagged benefits, deaths, Debbie Abrahams, dwp, Freedom of Information, Iain Duncan Smith, Mike Sivier, Petition, Priti Patel, statistics, suicides, Vox Political
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Only 1 in 3 will get the full £148-a-week new state pension despite ministers’ promises it was for everyone
Reposted from Money Mail New pension was unveiled as a way of ending unfairness and complexity, But figures imply 100,000 fewer people than expected will get the maximum 30,000 who it was thought would qualify in the first year will … Continue reading
Posted in state pension
Tagged contributions, Iain Duncan Smith, National Insurance, retirement, state pension
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Bedroom tax “saints” take fight to the Court of Appeal
Reposted from Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) // Two grandparents and their severely disabled grandson hit by the bedroom tax won the right today to take their case to the Court of Appeal. The Court ruled that the Rutherford family, … Continue reading