Do you think you could douse yourself in petrol and light a match just to draw attention to your plight? Well a man has done just that, not in some far away land but in the UK, an unemployed man walked into … Continue reading
A government minister has refused to meet with an MP about her constituent suffering from breast cancer whose benefits have been cut. Helen Goodman expressed her shock after employment minister Chris Grayling said he would not meet with her about … Continue reading
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Black Triangle campaign group, I have some rather startlingly good news! The BMA – that bastion of conservatism (small c) have voted at their annual conference to demand an immediate end to Work … Continue reading
Low income families in financial crisis are likely to be offered storecards and vouchers, not cash, under reforms that transfer responsibility for the social fund to local authorities The era of vouchers for the poor is very nearly upon us. … Continue reading
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith has delivered a speech on the UK Government‘s welfare reforms to the House of Congress Ways and Means Committee in Washington DC. Here is the full transcript of his speech. … Continue reading
Benefit claimants absent from their home due to long-term hospital care will only be eligible for six months of housing benefit and not a year, under the draft Universal Credit regulations published earlier this month. Universal Credit, which comes into … Continue reading
Court decides that it is not legal to force Americans to buy insurance as part of the controversial individual mandate Court says it is legal to penalize them if they do not have insurance Ruling rejects the mandatory Medicaid expansion … Continue reading
Fewer than four out of 100 unemployed people seen by the firm have secured jobs lasting more than 13 weeks Its chairman Emma Harrison paid herself an £8.6 million dividend in 2011 and was forced to quit earlier this … Continue reading
They have waited almost 70 years but thousands of war veterans and their relatives finally watched today as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh unveiled a lasting legacy to the sacrifice made by tens of thousands of airmen who … Continue reading