Monthly Archives: July 2018

Originally posted on scottish unemployed workers' network:
Barry is recently out of prison and has anger management issues. He can’t cope with a computer and confessed that the resulting frustration made him likely to throw the machine across the room.…

Originally posted on scottish unemployed workers' network:
Last April I took a job in Airdrie, with a good salary, paying over £100 per day. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with Leukaemia two days into the job and hospitalised. UC deducted £145…

Originally posted on scottish unemployed workers' network:
Whilst there is mounting trepidation at the prospect of the full roll out of Universal Credit (expected to hit us in Dundee on 8 November), we are already experiencing a rise in the…

Originally posted on scottish unemployed workers' network:
We are worried about Stevie. He couldn’t hold back his tears as he spoke to us outside the jobcentre at this week’s stall. He had no money and was going in to request…

Originally posted on scottish unemployed workers' network:
Blair, who we met this week, lost his job some weeks back and is still waiting for his first payment of Universal Credit. He is also young and fit and responded to an…

Originally posted on Same Difference:
Specialist doctors in the UK will be able to legally prescribe cannabis-derived medicinal products by autumn, the home secretary has announced. Those that meet safety and quality standards are to be made legal for patients…

Originally posted on Ipswich Unemployed Action.:
“Swans sing before they Resign – ’twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.”  Our Newshawks have been keeping a beady eye on Esther McVey. It looks as if she may be about…

Originally posted on Politics and Insights:
Yesterday, the government published the latest Work and Pensions Select Committee report on PIP and ESA Assessments. This is an utterly damning report, highlighting a lack of quality, consistency, transparency, objectivity and fairness from the government’s PIP…