Byrne’s Hodge Hill CLP swings overwhelmingly left
The SKWAWKBOX reported in the early hours on the near-clean sweep last night for the left in London’s Hampstead and Kilburn CLP (constituency Labour party), which elected or nominated left […]
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Formby’s impressive new disciplinary process gives cause for confidence
Labour General Secretary Jennie Formby’s planned overhaul to the party’s disciplinary processes bodes well for all parts of the party – with the exception of the few members who behave […]
Petition to sanction Labour MPs who damage the party close to 11k signatures
A petition asking the Labour Party to sanction Labour MPs who persistently bring the party into disrepute is approaching eleven thousands signatures – and appears to have started climbing rapidly […]
Here’s DWP’s Gauke encouraging companies to put profits in #TaxHavens
The story of Runcorn woman Elaine Morrall, who died cold and alone in a house she only heated when her children were home from school – after being sanctioned by […]
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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 […]
Jobcentre Plus crushes ‘Billy Elliott’
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 […]
Yet more DWP illegality
A couple of weeks ago, I drew attention to how DWP minister Mark Hoban was unable, even in a formal response to an MP, to get his facts straight on […]
DWP’s straw-grasping and contortions prove fake psych ‘test’ guilt
Regular visitors to this blog (and any Guardian reader) will be familiar with the fake psychometric ‘test’ the DWP and Cabinet Office were inflicting on unemployed people under threat of […]
DWP’s top psychologist to be investigated over fake test
Since I revealed in April that the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and its Jobcentre Plus ‘subsidiary’ were forcing jobseekers, under the threat of sanction, to take a fake […]