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Tag Archives: benefits
.@Theresa_May, here’s your #ScaredSociety – and a life lost to your ‘burning injustice’
This has been one of the hardest articles I’ve written – to maintain objective distance to write about a tragedy that has me close to tears and a callousness that […]
Tories WANT you unemployed – but only short-term. Here’s why.
5 Jan 2016 I first published this article 4 years ago in response to planned government legislation. World-famous film director Ken Loach spoke brilliantly last night on BBC’s Newsnight programme […]
A great overview of the govt’s ‘Nudge’ psych abuse
Came across this great Storify article that gives an overview of various articles about the government’s ‘Nudge unit’ or ‘Behavioural Insights Team’ – which was part-privatised earlier this year, thereby […]
Yet more evidence of DWP benefit sanction targets
In spite of long-standing evidence to the contrary, including officials calling benefit sanctions ‘an achievement’ and revelations by the Guardian, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has continued to deny […]
Most jobseeker agreements ruled unlawful – and the DWP doesn’t care
A reader of my blog has written to me with an update about a case that I referred to her for her expert help some time ago. The appeal against […]
818k benefit claimants sanctioned since end 2012 – and what came before
Found this article on the Touchstone blog because it links to my post about this government calling benefit sanctions an ‘achievement’. It’s essential reading, as it shows in clear, graphical […]
