by The Editor | May 26, 2017 | Politics
In a world of precarious employment, many people who are getting by on minimum-wage agency work supplemented by Working Tax Credits can be thrown into a major crisis at the whim of their employer. When we met Phil outside the buroo he had been given only a few hours’...
by The Editor | May 21, 2017 | Politics
“Scotland’s not a race… is it koz I is ginger?” The funny thing about racial difference is that it is neither genetic nor biological. Race based on colour is an arbitrary construct, used to fabricate social difference in relation to power. Yesterday in the post ‘Why...
by The Editor | May 19, 2017 | Politics
Human Rights group ‘PPR’ are to protest against benefit sanctions at noon on Monday 8th May at the Andersonstown Jobs and Benefits Office. You can get a lift to the protest from outside the PPR offices as long as you’re there for 11am. Everyone else is asked to be...
by The Editor | May 19, 2017 | Health & Education
A woman was left with just £24 each week of her social security to live on after suffering a miscarriage and being sanctioned. She has told the Daily Record how she considered suicide after being left with barely anything to buy food and pay bills. Lyndsey Turnbull...
by The Editor | May 18, 2017 | Politics
What an interesting morning, yesterday, with a lot of political content! Watching the Victoria Derbyshire programme on BBC was definitely different, for a start. We do not get to hear a lot around what and how debates are going in England in respect of the General...
