Huyton in the Knowsley borough on Merseyside hosted PCS chief Mark Serwotka, Unite’s Sheila Coleman, Unison’s Paula Barker and others for an important seminar on the government’s consciously cruel Universal […]
The preliminary findings presented today by UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights have had more coverage in the UK’s mainstream media than many expected. More, but still […]
If you were hoping for a less inept Foreign Secretary now that Jeremy Hunt has replaced Boris Johnson, you haven’t been watching the NHS – and your hopes will be […]
Runcorn woman Linda Morrall has published a letter she has sent to councillors at her local Halton Council about her daughter, Elaine. Elaine died late last week in desperately bleak […]
Last week the Tories hid from the vote on their Universal Credit (UC) roll-out – resulting in a 299-0 defeat for the government, followed by a ridiculous attempt, slapped down […]
The Tories have been censured by the UN for their vile abuse of disabled people and benefit claimants – not a fact that you will see much mentioned in the […]
As promised last night, the SKWAWKBOX has been looking further into conflicting reports from DWP insiders concerning the WRAG (work-related activity group) category into which the government, more or less […]
Earlier today the SKWAWKBOX published an article about the application of the Universal Credit (UC) ‘claimant commitment’ to disabled people. That article was based on information from a recent DWP […]
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 […]
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 […]