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Tag Archives: TUC
How many Cabinet members would have failed the trade union ballot test?
Reposted from Union Solidarity International The list of Cabinet members who failed to secure 40% of the vote. They would not have been elected had the same criteria been imposed as strike ballots Half the members of the new Tory … Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Rudd, David Mundell, Francis O'Grady, Iain Duncan Smith, Justine Greening, Liz Truss, Mark Serwotka, NHS, Nicky Morgan, Oliver Letwin, Patrick McLoughlin, PCS, RCM, Sajid Javid, Stephen Crabb, strike ballots, Theresa Villiers, Trade Unions, TUC, unions, Unite
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The reality of zero hours contracts
Reposted from TUC website #DecentJobsWeek: I love being a home care worker, but I hate the insecurity 17 Dec 2014, by Helen in Working Life Oh joy! Today I received a letter from HMRC stating I have been overpaid tax … Continue reading
DWP plotting ‘secret’ universal credit plans – says Micheal Meacher Labour MP
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged dwp, Ian Duncan Smith, Micheal Meacher, TUC, Universal Credit
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Government to take £40 from everyone who loses their job
From this Autumn anyone who loses their job will receive £40 less as a result of government plans to make people wait for longer for any job support, according to a consultation published today (Friday) by the Social Security Advisory … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits, dwp, ESA, JSA, Social Security Advisory Committee, TUC
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REVEALED: The government’s secret £9bn social security bill for those in work
The rising number of working people living in poverty is causing the government to spend billions more than planned on social security, according to a new TUC report published ahead of the autumn statement later today. The TUC report Is Social … Continue reading
“Work until you drop” – TUC slams Osborne’s Autumn statement
The TUC has attacked George Osborne’s plans to raise the state pension age further. Commenting ahead of today’s autumn statement, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “There has been no new evidence to show that people are living any longer since … Continue reading
The benefits system EXPOSED!
Excellent short film by TUC. Should be watched by every ConDem MP who has misrepresented DWP ststistics.
The lovely wibbly wobbly old lady 