7 April 2019 — Welfare Weekly
Heartless council removed homeless people’s tents and only belongings
Tag: benefits
Welfare Weekly 17 March 2019
17 March 2019 — Welfare Weekly
Universal Credit split payments given to only 20 claimants
DWP ignoring the needs of vulnerable claimants at risk of domestic abuse, says SNP.
Welfare Weekly Newsletter 24 February 2019
24 February 2019 — Welfare Weekly
Severely disabled woman left ‘feeling suicidal’ over battle for disability benefits
The Tories, as usual, punishing the poor simply because they are poor!
1 October 2014 — 38 Degrees
A new campaign has just been launched to stop the Conservatives from changing the way benefits are paid if they win the next election. 38 Degrees member Llewelyn is demanding they scrap plans for benefits to be put onto prepaid cards, which could only be used to buy certain products in certain shops.
Britain: Disabled widow commits suicide after benefits withdrawn By Mark Blackwood and Paul Mitchell
11 December 2013 — WSWS
Despite being partially sighted, only able to walk with the aid of a cane and in constant pain due to slipped discs, Jacqueline Harris, a 53-year-old former nurse from Bristol, England, was pronounced fit for work in November 2012, following a government Work Capability Assessment (WCA).
Get your Clause off our hospitals! By Jos Bell
26 October 2013 — Our NHS
The House of Lords has blown a hole in local people’s right to have a say if their hospital is closed – all eyes are now on the Commons.
UK Labour seeks to outdo Conservatives with right-wing policies By Jordan Shilton
24 October 2013 — WSWS
Labour is intensifying its rightward shift and is seeking to outdo the Conservative-Liberal coalition on every area of government policy.
Monsanto took over regulatory bodies all over the world to lobby GMO
4 September 2013 — RT
Monsanto is trying to take full control of the world’s seed supply for a greater profit, hiding any report of damage GMO does to the ecosystem and human health, Jeffrey M. Smith, GMO researcher from the Institute for Responsible Technology, told RT.
Video: Who Is Really Behind the Syrian War? y grtv
2 September 2013 — grtv
Given that the pretext for attacking Syria is falling apart before the public’s eyes, why is the US preparing to wage war on that country? Who benefits from the ongoing destabilization of Assad’s government? What will the Middle East look like if the Sunnis take over Syria? What is Israel’s role in this? What do Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have to gain from a war in Syria? And what does Bandar Bush have to do with all of this? Join us today on The Corbett Report as we discuss these and other pressing issues as the world stands on the brink of yet another US-led Middle Eastern military adventure.
English charity sector lobbied Hunt to keep controversial NHS privatisation rules By Andrew Robertson
14 August 2013 — OurNHS
Who benefits if charity leaders lobby for more competition in the NHS?
Charity boss Sir Stephen Bubb lobbied alongside the head of a private healthcare trade group to persuade Jeremy Hunt to not water down highly controversial “Section 75” privatisation regulations, according to new documents revealed today.
BBC welfare reform show breached impartiality guidelines
30 July 2013 — BBC
The Trust’s editorial standards committee said that while there was no evidence that Humphrys advocated the coalition government’s reforms, viewers were likely to have formed the impression that there was a “healthy supply of jobs overall” in the UK economy because no information was given on the ratio of jobs to applicants.
UK government set on deeper cuts to welfare By Julie Hyland
20 July 2013 — WSWS
Britain’s Conservative Party has set out plans to escalate the government’s assault on welfare.
Earlier this week, Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said unemployed parents should only receive benefit for their first two children, meaning entitlement to child benefit and/or income support and other financial aid could potentially be removed for any children above that number.
