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UK Uncut plan to ‘evict a millionaire’ over Bedroom Tax

Gary Dunion 24 March 2013 UK Uncut plan to ‘evict a millionaire’ over Bedroom Tax2014-12-04T17:34:48+00:00 News 1 Comment
The anti-cuts direct action pioneers UK Uncut have announced that their next action will be a day of "mass civil disobedience" on Saturday 13 April. Their focus will be the…
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Now Labour support law to deny compensation to victims of unlawful Workfare

Gary Dunion 15 March 2013 Now Labour support law to deny compensation to victims of unlawful Workfare2014-12-04T17:35:04+00:00 News 5 Comments
Take action: this Bill is before the Commons TODAY (Tuesday 19 March). Caroline Lucas' office has confirmed to us that a group of MPs will be trying to push it…
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The easiest way out of the collapse would be to increase benefits

Adam Ramsay 10 January 2013 The easiest way out of the collapse would be to increase benefits2013-01-10T08:30:41+00:00 5 Comments
The first thing I think of when the government cuts benefits is my friends – friends already forced to their knees by massive youth unemployment, now being kicked in the…
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Driving people to self-immolation: pour encourager les autres

Adam Ramsay 30 June 2012 Driving people to self-immolation: pour encourager les autres2012-06-30T08:30:57+01:00 7 Comments
Yes, it has come to this – an unemployed man in Birmingham has set fire to himself outside a job centre. The exact context of his self-immolation is not yet…
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Workfare to be challenged in the courts.

TomHolness 23 November 2011 Workfare to be challenged in the courts.2011-11-23T09:00:59+00:00 1 Comment
Workfare is a programme whereby anyone who has been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) for 6 months can be sent to work for major multinational companies like Tesco, Poundland and Sainsbury’s…
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250,000 people on benefits to lose access to free education.

Alasdair Thompson 8 July 2011 250,000 people on benefits to lose access to free education.2015-03-11T00:55:36+00:00 *Society* 7 Comments
If you want to be educated don't be poor, don't be from an ethnic minority, don't be disabled and don't be a woman. That's essentially the message from new research…
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Labour should tackle unemployment, not the unemployed

Adam Ramsay 13 June 2011 Labour should tackle unemployment, not the unemployed2011-06-13T20:49:51+01:00 6 Comments
The responses to Ed Miliband's attack on the long term unemployed today have varied. Many in the Labour party have quite rightly slammed him. However, some have defended Miliband. Perhaps…
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On the Coalition’s Plans for Welfare Reform

Alasdair Thompson 4 October 2010 On the Coalition’s Plans for Welfare Reform2010-10-04T12:00:26+01:00 4 Comments
We don't know all the details of IDS's plans on welfare reform yet, but Fraser Nelson in The Spectator has a few details. It looks likely the plans will roll…
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