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Trussell Trust: govt failing to ‘manage’ migration to Universal Credit in any sense

10/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX 11 Comments

On Monday, DWP Secretary Esther McVey created outrage with a ‘full Trump‘ series of claims about the supposed endorsement by charities of the government’s changes to the Universal Credit system […]

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McVey didn’t misrepresent only Mind on Monday. She went full Trump with her charity quotes

07/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX 26 Comments

On Monday, Esther McVey reeled off a list of charities and their comments, which she treated as praise for the DWP’s plans for Universal Credit (UC): Her comments were a […]

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Video: Falklands veteran’s #NeverAgain hunger strike driven by horrific increase in ex-forces suicides

02/11/2018by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

Falklands veteran Gus Hales began a hunger strike on Monday to draw attention to the shocking increase in suicides among former forces personnel. In a Facebook video to explain his […]

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Breaking: Met investigating CAA ‘death-threat’ petition under Malicious Comms Act

29/08/2018by SKWAWKBOX 30 Comments

The SKWAWKBOX revealed yesterday that the Charity Commission is investigating the Campaign against Antisemitism (CAA) – an organisation that has been accused of being pro-Israel ‘shock troops’ ‘posing as a […]

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Charity Commission confirms investigating ‘concerns’ re CAA petition

28/08/2018by SKWAWKBOX 11 Comments

The CAA (Campaign against Antisemitism) – an organisation that has been accused of being pro-Israeli “shock troops” “pos[ing] as a charity” and has been the subject of a petition seeking […]

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150 people sleeping outdoors tonight in Newcastle to raise homelessness awareness

01/03/2018by SKWAWKBOX 5 Comments

As the ‘Beast from the East’ continues to wreak havoc across the UK, with Met Office red weather warnings affecting Scotland, South Wales and South-West England, the plight of rough-sleepers […]

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Excl: Universal Credit – DWP reverts to ‘legacy benefits’ in ‘live service’ areas

15/12/2017by SKWAWKBOX 16 Comments

The roll-out of Universal Credit (UC) has been a national disgrace to the government and a disaster to claimants, many of whom have found themselves penniless and forced into debt […]

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Video: Corbaristas – Corbyn learns coffee skills to highlight #homelessness

14/12/2017by SKWAWKBOX 7 Comments

Labour leader – and double peace-award winner – Jeremy Corbyn put in a shift today as a trainee barista to highlight the issues of homelessness and a charity that helps […]

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Penniless woman breaks down on TV after EIGHT-MONTH UC delay

12/10/2017by SKWAWKBOX 14 Comments

Treasury Secretary Liz Truss has featured twice on the SKWAWKBOX in the last week or so for her abject attempts to defend the government’s Universal Credit (UC) system. Confronted by […]

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Exclusive interview: Tory MP’s traveller shame and the ‘last acceptable racism’

26/08/2017by SKWAWKBOX 14 Comments

Earlier this week, a young Romany Gypsy made the news when he wrote a letter to new Scottish Tory MP Douglas Ross. Ross had been asked a question during a Core […]

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