by The Editor | Dec 8, 2017 | Politics
Infographic from The Centre for Welfare Reform New figures released by the Government indicate that neither Atos nor Capita – the private companies contracted by the government – paid more than £500m to assess people for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) – are...
by The Editor | Dec 7, 2017 | Politics
Today one was easy. In fact it’s a two for one on the disabled – one of the Tories’ favourite scapegoat / victims. We start with Philip Hammond causes storm with remarks about disabled workers It is almost certainly the case that by increasing participation in the...
by The Editor | Dec 7, 2017 | Featured, Politics
Philip Hammond has been roundly criticised following comments he made to the Treasury Select Committee, suggesting that falling productivity rates in the UK workforce was due to more disabled people being in work. Giving evidence to the Commons Treasury Select...
by The Editor | Dec 5, 2017 | Politics
Can I start this weeks blog by saying how angry I am at this system that the government likes to call ‘Benefits’. Change the name, make it sound different then stigmatise the vulnerable people that are in desperate need of help. That’s exactly how this government...
by The Editor | Nov 16, 2017 | Health & Education
Well what can I say about today except that it was extremely busy and very cold. It appears that Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre have upped their targeting of claimant techniques, most likely because they are now meeting the claimants that have been transferred over from...
