Monthly Archives: August 2016

Originally posted on Disability now:
The general election of 2015 and the EU referendum of 2016 have been two crucial opportunities for votes and voters to shape our future. But as a newly enfranchised disabled voter, Chloe Smith has felt…

Originally posted on Ipswich Unemployed Action.:
I have just been talking about debt to some friends. One, unemployed, is a very bad situation because his debts. Apparently this is becoming a widespread problem. I say “becoming” but since the opening…

Originally posted on the void:
It is hard to imagine a more poisonous piece of legislation than the lowered Benefit Cap, set to be introduced this Autumn, which will plunge quarter of a million children into desperate housing insecurity and…

Originally posted on Fear and Loathing in Great Britain:
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,536 Sunday 28 August 2016. Dear Mrs May, Salford’s Unemployed & Community Resource Centre reports that David (no surname given) was repeatedly sanctioned,…

Originally posted on Fear and Loathing in Great Britain:
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,535 Saturday 27 August 2016. Dear Mrs May, Since 2010 we have seen the rise and rise of state cruelty. This isn’t about…

Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Being a disabled claimant is hard enough, the whole rigmarole of trying to ensure that you get money to live on, money that you deserve is unbelievably hard. Not happy with the…