Online-only Universal Credit system will come into force later this year following the closure of many advice centres Continue reading
This is wonderful, the talented Shaye, the 15 year old progeny of journalist Sonia Poulton has written, performed and made the video for her song ‘Broken Britain’ all proceeds go to charity
and she asks fans to sign the WOW
petition.
listen to ‘Iain Duncan-Smith's Explosive Row With James O'Brien’ on Audioboo
The court of appeal will on Tuesday judge whether government employment schemes constitute forced labour and if tens of thousands of unemployed people will still be entitled to compensation after being wrongly sanctioned by the Department of Work and Pensions. … Continue reading
RIP Con Shiels, a true champion & man of the people, maybe it’s time a new march is needed?…. Paul Smith Founder Atos Victims Group News He was the last of the Jarrow Marchers – a famous band of jobless … Continue reading
Iain Duncan Smith‘s own advisers have urged a softening of his benefits crackdown after hearing evidence that it risked pushing the poorest in society into “crime or prostitution”. The work and pensions secretary should relax the punishment he plans to … Continue reading
Article by Paul Smith – Founder Atos Victims Group For genocide to happen certain things have to be in place, is it possible that in Great Britain this could ever happen to any group/part of society? I ask this question … Continue reading
Emma Harrison, founder of the welfare-to-work business A4e, has received a £1.375m windfall this year, despite the firm’s failure to meet the government‘s minimum target for placing long-term unemployed people in work. A former adviser to David Cameron on … Continue reading
Welfare claimants could be forced to work without pay and be stripped of benefits under scheme starting on Monday Continue reading
The government’s flagship scheme to get the jobless back to work has a worse success rate than if it left people to get off the dole on their own, new figures showed today. In its first year just 2.3 … Continue reading