How feminism is to blame for the breakdown of the family, by Left-winger Diane Abbott

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Diane Abbott has finally come to that conclusion has she, Feminism is totally different from Equality is what should have been fought for and not the demonization of the male species?….. Paul Smith Founder Atos Victims Group News   Feminism is partly to … Continue reading

‘Cold’ nurses are an easy target – blame rotten NHS management …

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Jo Brand to some people may be a brilliant comedian but apologising for the state of nursing is a joke too far. Nursing standards have been going downhill for years, it’s not something that has just happened and it’s NOT just down … Continue reading

Commission to examine effect of legal aid cuts as demand for service surges

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Low Commission will hold its first public meeting as advice centres across country start abandoning or rationing services
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Sick and disabled braced for enforced work-for-benefits programme

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Welfare claimants could be forced to work without pay and be stripped of benefits under scheme starting on Monday Continue reading

Budget cuts could downgrade UK rights watchdog’s UN status

UN commissioner on human rights, Navanethem Pillay, warned Theresa May that budget cuts threaten the EHRC's independence. Photograph: Salvatore di Nolfi/AP

More cuts will see Equality and Human Rights Commission lose financial autonomy, and so its A-list rating, UN warns The UN could strip Britain’s statutory human rights body of its “A-list” status because of deep cuts by the coalition government, … Continue reading

Prison call centre plans revealed

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“Years ago a relative of mine worked in a call centre for a mobile phone company, she had to be CRB Checked, how’s this going to work with inmates handling peoples personal bank details etc”  Paul Smith – Atos Victims Group  The … Continue reading

Work capability assessments: the fightback

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By Kate Belgrave Published 29 July Encouraging news out of the High Court on Thursday for opponents of the loathed Atos’ work capability assessments (WCAs) : the court granted permissionto two disabled people for a judicial review to challenge the … Continue reading

Jobcentre bosses warn of suicide risk among benefit claimants

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An internal email sent by senior managers warns that ill-handling of benefit changes could have ‘profound results’ for vulnerable claimants Senior jobcentre executives have warned staff of the risk of benefit claimants attempting suicide as controversial changes to sickness benefits … Continue reading

Boss of firm in jubilee stewards row has criminal conviction

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Molly Prince, head of Close Protection UK, was convicted of perverting course of justice A company that attracted controversy for using unpaid work experience stewards at the diamond jubilee celebrations is under renewed pressure after it emerged its founder was … Continue reading

Back to the workhouse

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In all the debate about jubilee stewards sleeping under bridges, one big fact is being overlooked – Britain’s army of unpaid labour is growing bigger each month If the diamond jubilee celebrations were meant to somehow reflect 21st-century Britain, it … Continue reading