Originally posted on Vox Political:
Iain Duncan Smith: He opens his mouth – and the world screams. [Image: Steve Bell] It seems redundant to start an article by saying Iain…
Originally posted on The SKWAWKBOX:
The Chair of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, Keith Vaz, is quoted in today’s Sunday Telegraph and on BBC News as saying that Public…
I’ve written at length on the many insanities and injustices perpetrated by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and its Jobcentre Plus (JCP) ‘subsidiaries’. While it’s crucial to promote […]
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an announcement about the company I started with a friend with the aim, in part, of creating freedom to write this blog. Because […]
It’s not only the unemployed, the disabled and the supposedly ‘under-employed’ that Iain Smith’s DWP is terrorising. Those unfortunate enough to work for the Department of Work and Pensions are […]
Much has been written, both on this blog and elsewhere, about the serious problems with both the security of the DWP’s ‘Universal Jobmatch’ (UJ) system, and with the quality (or […]
So, this week The Tories announced plans to make GPs provide appointments from 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week. This was clearly a combination of populism and an attempt […]
