by The Editor | Mar 3, 2018 | Politics
A homeless man died tragically, earlier this week while sleeping rough in freezing temperatures in Nottinghamshire. He was known as Ben to locals, and had been sleeping in a tent near Saint Swithun’s Church in Retford. He was found in the early hours of Tuesday...
by The Editor | Mar 3, 2018 | Politics
Many of us have said previously that the government’s ‘flagship’ policy, Universal Credit (UC), is about implementing further cuts to welfare support by stealth. However, the loss of income to disabled people through hidden cuts has been under-reported. Despite the...
by The Editor | Feb 8, 2018 | Politics
Well today’s demo was busy. I was greeted by John as I arrived at Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre, he was very early today and that cheered me up immensely. Very soon after John’s arrival Gordon arrived with the food parcels and they more or less left as soon as they...
by The Editor | Feb 8, 2018 | Politics
The Scottish Parliament is set to discuss the new Social Security legislation today. It feels like this has been a long process, I went to a meeting in Eastwood late 2016 to listen to Jeane Freeman talk about her hopes for the new system, the consultation process and...
by The Editor | Feb 6, 2018 | Politics
Rough sleepers have increased 169% under the Tories with the official one night count figures revealing 4,751 in 2017 compared to 1,768 in 2010. Even if the Tories meet their pledge to halve rough sleeping by 2022 it will still be 34% more than they inherited in 2010....
