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PIP and Reality
By: A.C. It was with a wry smile I saw the inevitable but expected review by the UK Government on the definition of what disability is, as regards the qualification for PIP reported in by Frances Ryan in the Guardian. … Continue reading
Immigration, the NHS and Landlords
By: A.C. The Tory Conference this year does seem to have thrown up contradictory statements and promises of swingeing and radical legislation. Unfortunately, Theresa May the Home Secretary does not seem to like people who come from foreign lands and … Continue reading
Fringe Comments at Conference
By: A.C. The Tory party Conference 2015 did attract some fringe groupings, though one lobby group with lot to say for itself was the Taxpayers Alliance, which at fringe meeting, its Chairman stated an unsettling policy proposal for Hard–Right Tories … Continue reading
False Examples
By: A.C. How many of us were shocked at the recent revelations about the DWP using stock photos and very dodgy stories to illustrate how wonderful – in the view of the DWP – the sanctions system is? The leaflets … Continue reading
WRAG And The Budget
By: A.C. I watched the Budget on Wednesday 8 July 2015 and found my blood–pressure rising as IDS fist–pumped the air, and mouthed “Fantastic” as George Osborne announced the Welfare Cuts The relevant, and almost incidental reference by George Osborne … Continue reading
PIP Court Case
By:A.C Last week Judge Patterson at the High Court in London ruled that “delays of at least nine months for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) for these “most vulnerable” of people were unreasonable. According to a BBC Report, Minister for Disabled … Continue reading
Human Rights
By: A.C. I do not as a rule, use cynical and satirical humour in the production of these articles. I may hint at my own cynical view of Government and its androids at the DWP who seem devoid of humanity, … Continue reading
The coming cuts
By: A.C. Ian Duncan Smith has been re-appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Work and Pensions. His smug grin can be seen almost anywhere in the press. There is little I can say that would be printable on this page, or … Continue reading
Budget and Benefits
By: A.C. How many of us actually viewed the Chancellor’s speech last week? Only the political journalists and politicians I would think, with the rest of us cherry–picking items that might affect us, as we completed our crosswords or did … Continue reading
Conference and Universal Credit
By: A.C I try to be apolitical and have never joined a political party. However, I can spot when politicians engage in contradictory lies and hypocrisy, and that is not a hard task, because as the old joke says “you … Continue reading →