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Could the welfare bill signal the death of social housing?
By Thomas Sutton It has long been fashionable for politicians to introduce competition to the provision of public services, the logic being that competition based on the market economy will...
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Children’s commissioner slams welfare bill
The office of the children’s commissioner has released its assessment (pdf) of the child rights impact of the welfare (reform) bill, and it is overwhelmingly critical of the proposed changes. Writing...
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Welfare reform bill in tatters after Lords defeats
Key parts of the welfare reform bill were defeated in the House of Lords last night. Plans to means-test employment and support allowance - which would have applied to cancer patients and stroke...
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As Lords debates DLA reforms, charities call for pause to welfare reform bill
By Helen Sampson of the Papworth Trust Ahead of today’s debate on Disability Living Allowance reforms in the Lords, the Papworth Trust charity is leading a coalition of 16 major charities and...
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Will the government take away money from disabled people on a hunch?
The Lords will be debating crucial measures affecting disabled people in the government’s welfare reform bill this afternoon. Government is aiming to reduce the working age Disability Living...
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Where is Labour on welfare?
By Vincenzo Rampulla Today Liam Byrne will deliver a speech to the LSE entitled: “How Labour’s traditions can renew Beveridge for the 21st century”. Byrne has to do more than setting an intellectual...
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Busting the means testing myth
Andrew Harrop is the general secretary of the Fabian Society One of the most surprising conclusions from this month’s Fabian Society new year conference, The Economic Alternative, was the strong tide...
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The DWP’s ‘scrounger’ rhetoric is causing real harm
Six leading disability charities have spoken out against the government’s ‘scrounger’ rhetoric on welfare cuts, saying it fuels abuse of disabled people. The Guardian reports: While the charities...
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The three welfare amendments the Lords must fight for
The ‘ping-pong’ has started over the welfare (reform) bill, with the House of Lords debating amendments now. Six Lords amendments were rejected by the Commons, and the Lords now have to decide...
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Wales faces 6,000 more children in poverty due to welfare cuts
The Welsh government have claimed that 6,000 more children are expected to find themselves living in relative poverty in 2012-13 as a result of the UK government’s taxation and benefit changes. The...
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Tory Britain: Man sets fire to job centre after not eating for three days
TweetAn unemployed man who had not eaten for three days because his benefits had been stopped set fire to a job centre in order to get a hot meal in police custody, according to the Manchester Evening...
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Bristol woman ‘killed herself after benefits were stopped’
TweetA Bristol woman who suffered severe pain due to slipped discs in her back and neck has taken her own life after having her benefits stopped. According to today’s edition of the Bristol Post, the...
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Robinson warns of ‘nuclear options’ on welfare
TweetNorthern Ireland’s first minister Peter Robinson has warned of “nuclear options” if Stormont doesn’t approve the Welfare Reform Bill that would implement in Northern Ireland many of the welfare...
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‘He lived on field mushrooms and borrowed eggs’: how the coalition is...
TweetThe coalition is moving toward a welfare system that is surreal in its cruelty, writes Annie Powell Earlier this year, Nick Clegg accused Vincent Nichols, the Catholic archbishop of Westminster,...
View ArticleWelfare reforms push Stormont to breaking point
Northern Ireland’s devolved bodies face the prospect of collapsing next week, according to the first minister. Peter Robinson made the comments after the DUP opted to table a vote on the Welfare...
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Where is Labour on welfare?
By Vincenzo Rampulla Today Liam Byrne will deliver a speech to the LSE entitled: “How Labour’s traditions can renew Beveridge for the 21st century”. Byrne has to do more than setting an intellectual...
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Busting the means testing myth
Andrew Harrop is the general secretary of the Fabian Society One of the most surprising conclusions from this month’s Fabian Society new year conference, The Economic Alternative, was the strong tide...
View ArticleThe DWP’s ‘scrounger’ rhetoric is causing real harm
Six leading disability charities have spoken out against the government’s ‘scrounger’ rhetoric on welfare cuts, saying it fuels abuse of disabled people. The Guardian reports: While the charities...
View ArticleThe three welfare amendments the Lords must fight for
The ‘ping-pong’ has started over the welfare (reform) bill, with the House of Lords debating amendments now. Six Lords amendments were rejected by the Commons, and the Lords now have to decide...
View ArticleWales faces 6,000 more children in poverty due to welfare cuts
The Welsh government have claimed that 6,000 more children are expected to find themselves living in relative poverty in 2012-13 as a result of the UK government’s taxation and benefit changes. The...
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