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Video: Corbyn – UK faces 1945-like choice between opposites in ‘once in a generation’ GE

03/11/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 18 Comments

Labour’s new campaign video recalls creation of NHS out of rubble of WWII – and the stark contrast between Labour’s vision and Tory cuts In the Labour Party’s rousing new […]

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Video: DWP civil servants admit – Alston’s report on terrible UK poverty was ‘factually’ accurate

13/06/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 7 Comments

DWP Secretary denounced report, but civil servants admit it was accurate but offended govt ‘politically’ Your Secretary of State [denounced UN’s report], but now you’re calling it in evidence Leading […]

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As Labour starts to prepare for general election, it’s time for members to switch to positive campaign mode

01/06/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 21 Comments

Party’s outstanding policy platform will be ignored by ‘mainstream’ media – it’s up to activists to make noise Comment The announcement that Labour will soon give the green light for […]

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Video: as UC inflicts misery on millions Rudd says, ‘it’s doing a good job’

08/01/2019by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 2 Comments

DWP Secretary Amber Rudd – who had to resign as Home Secretary for her part in the ‘hostile environment’ scandal that caused hardship and humiliation for ‘Windrush’ citizens – may […]

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DWP: no denial of blanket harvesting of CCTV or fake-friending of disabled people

05/03/2018by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 16 Comments

Disability support group Fightback4Justice posted shocking claims last week on its Facebook page about the DWP’s (Dept of Work and Pensions) treatment of disabled benefit claimants.   The group claimed that: the […]

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Every person in UK needs to see this short film #WCA #ConsciousCruelty

24/10/2017by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 24 Comments

The Tories are currently claiming that they have given ‘parity of esteem’ to mental health. Yet just last week the SKWAWKBOX shared the account of someone with severe mental health […]

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Tories’ outright lies on 1% benefit uprating

28/01/2013by SKWAWKBOX (SW) 6 Comments

While I was going through this month’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) employment statistics for my monthly analysis of what you won’t see in the headlines, I came across a […]

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