DWP Refusing To Follow Recommendations During Cost Of Living Crisis

Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Under the cover of Queen Elizabeths death the DWP (Department of work and Pensions) have been busy inflicting cruelty upon claimants. They never miss a chance to show their hatred of social security recipients, especially when they think it’ll be overlooked. Once again the government and the…

I’ve been and gone and done it now

Originally posted on Kay Green:
Five years of frustration, trying to get “the left” to sort out the appalling ignorance of lefty MPs, activists and groups on the women’s rights issue, on what’s happening to vulnerable women and girls, and to our kids – now, finally, the problems we’ve been trying to amplify have “gone…

Hey Stonewall, don’t worry – I’ve had an idea!

Originally posted on Kay Green:
Stonewall – the organisation that lesbian and gay people formed to fight for the right of same-sex attracted people to live full lives, just like everyone else: they weren’t about right or left, they weren’t progressive or conservative or religious or humanist any more than anyone else was. They were…

Coffey Refuses To Disclose Nine Secret DWP Reports.

Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey has once again remained silent about nine Department of Work and Pension (DWP) reports during a grilling by the Work and Pensions Committee.. Not only did she remain silent she added another report that she failed to disclose along with the…

Poor People Can’t Cook Says Lee Anderson MP

Originally posted on The poor side of life:
Lee Anderson Tory MP for Ashfield claimed that households in Britain can make nutritious meals on a budget of about 30p a day. He made these crass remarks during the queens speech debate in parliament. He went on to say that his constituency administer a so called…

DWP To Start Planned Legacy Claimants Migration To Universal Credit

Originally posted on The poor side of life:
With much celebration yesterday evening the DWP announced that their plans to start migrating people from legacy benefits to Universal Credit (UC) with a commencement date being May 9th. Their target completion date being December 2024. This will leave approximately 900,000of households worse off whilst claiming UC.…

I have made up my mind

Originally posted on Kay Green:
I’ve had a few friends, both on social media and in real life, getting cross with me lately for giving consideration to all sorts of odd ideas on the situation in Ukraine. On the one hand yes, I know it’s hard to stay calm when something’s suddenly a hot topic,…

I can’t afford to eat and heat. Back outside Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre.

Originally posted on The poor side of life:
It feels strange to be writing this blog post this week because I’ve actually been able to return to my weekly demo and advice session outside Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre. The DWP and local council might have mistakenly thought that I had stopped doing the weekly demos.…

I have invented retrospective resignation

Originally posted on Kay Green:
I believe people are allowed to join in politics. I joined the Green Party when the BBC said Nigel Farage could be all over the telly all the time because his then party had more members than the Greens. So did around 60 000 other people – people want to…

No ditch deep enough

Originally posted on Kay Green:
As the UK pulls into position as a world-leader in COVID deaths, as the NHS, the legal system and the economy fall into chaos, as the Home Office scrabbles around trying to retrieve the latest batch of lost files, our PR-dependent government works day and night to keep all media…