Tag Archives: Ian Duncan Smith

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

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Iain Duncan Smith’s fatal flaw

Posted on August 18, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Ilegal To supply thousands of incapacity benefit claimants with a hopeless CV…. CV Mr Shameless Experience: 10 years on the sick. Handling giros, drinking lager, smoking, having children, avoiding all aspects of physical work, applying for local authority … Continue reading →

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DWP plotting ‘secret’ universal credit plans – says Micheal Meacher Labour MP

Posted on July 31, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Dash 24 A Labour MP has claimed that the government is “keeping under wraps” plans to make people who lose their jobs wait five weeks before they get any benefit payment under universal credit. Michael Meacher, MP for … Continue reading →

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Personal Independence Payments are a Punishment of the Poor and Ill

Posted on April 30, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reblogged from Black Triangle She calls it: “Heartbreaking, truly astonishing, I’ve never seen anything like this.” Emma Cross is a senior Macmillan Cancer Support benefits adviser, and she says delays in Iain Duncan Smith’s new personal independence payments (PIP) leave the sick … Continue reading →

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Iain Duncan Smith questioned by work and pensions committee

Posted on February 3, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Here’s a little taster from Iain dungcan (no…not a spelling mistake) Smiths appearance at todays Work and Pension Committee. It started at 4.30pm ish so is still ongoing. Apparantly, IDS said “with respect” to the committee 5 times so far…. … Continue reading →

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Would you buy a used car off any of this lot?

Posted on December 9, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

      Or should that be would you buy UNIVERSAL CREDIT. The Labour MP’s (Sheila Gilmour, Glenda Jackson, Anne Begg ) did give him a bit of a grilling at the Work & Pensions Select Committee today, but I … Continue reading →

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THE DISABILITY WITCH HUNT CONTINUES

Posted on December 8, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

                  Back in September I wrote an article examining the case that the Atos administered Work Capacity Assessment is psychological torture for disabled people, especially those suffering mental health conditions. One of the … Continue reading →

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The Devil’s Tune

Posted on December 1, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

This made me laugh so much, I hope it does the same for you http://www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-Tune-Iain-Duncan-Smith/dp/1861056664

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Iain Duncan Smith ‘targeting seriously ill claimants’ in benefits overhaul Nearly 550,000 people currently considered too sick to work face losing financial support if radical changes go ahead

Posted on November 23, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Daniel Boffey, policy editor The Observer, Saturday 23 November 2013 20.30 GMT Jump to comments (359) Iain Duncan Smith is said to be unhappy with the length of time seriously ill people are claiming benefit under the WRAG system. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters … Continue reading →

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IDS appears clueless over Atos medical advice withdrawal

Posted on November 22, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

A cabinet minister and the boss of government contractor Atos Healthcare have both told MPs they know nothing about a major change that leaves disabled benefit claimants at the mercy of civil servants with no medical knowledge. Disability News Service … Continue reading →

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