Black Triangle Campaign

Universal credit in danger of failing, official Whitehall review says

JJ — Sat, 25 May 2013 07:25:41 +0000

Major Projects Authority's performance report on 170 most expensive projects gives flagship scheme same 'amber-red' status as Crossrail and HS2 Continue reading →

‘Labour to Toughen Stance Over Welfare Spending’ i paper report Friday 24th May 2013

JJ — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:27:30 +0000

The i paper Friday 24th May 2013

Duncan Smith to face grilling from MPs over misuse of statistics

JJ — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:41 +0000

The work and pensions select committee launches an inquiry after Duncan Smith was rebuked by the UK Statistics Authority for misrepresenting figures on the benefit cap. BY GEORGE EATON PUBLISHED 22 MAY 2013 15:28 With deceptively little fanfare, the work … Continue reading →

PRESS RELEASE: WCA JUDICIAL REVIEW VICTORY IN THE HIGH COURT ~ MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK

JJ — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:08 +0000

Mental Health Resistance Network Wednesday 22nd May 2013 SENIOR JUDGES RULE THAT THE WORK CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS The Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN) welcomes the judgement handed down today by judges in … Continue reading →

VICTORY !!! MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK’S JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE WCA: Finally – legal proof that disability benefits test is unfair for people with mental illness

JJ — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:36 +0000

22 May 2013 Paul Jenkins Three judges today confirmed what campaigners have been shouting from the rooftops for years – the benefits test used to decide whether people are fit for work, actively discriminates against people with mental … Continue reading →

UK Uncut loses: Taxman’s Goldman Sachs deal “not a glorious episode”, but lawful

JJ — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:16 +0000

MAY 22, 2013 BY ALASDAIR HENDERSON UK Uncut Legal Action Ltd v. (1) Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and (2) Goldman Sachs – read judgment Tax avoidance has hit the news again, with Apple currently facing questions from the … Continue reading →

Job security is a thing of the past – so millions need a better welfare system

JJ — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:41:45 +0000

Flexible labour markets have created a growing 'precariat', who should have the right to a basic standard of living Continue reading →

Bedroom Tax evictions set to begin as first notification letters arrive

JJ — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:49:37 +0000

By Ros Wynne-Jones 22 May 2013 00:00 ROS WYNNE JONES’ REAL BRITAIN Just over a month since the tax began letters with the words “final demand” and even “eviction” written on them started arriving And so the Bedroom Tax evictions … Continue reading →

Bedroom tax eviction nightmare as Scots Labour-run councils threaten to boot struggling families out of their homes

JJ — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:21:19 +0000

By Paul O’Hare 20 May 2013 07:29 OUTRAGE as council uses strong-arm tactics to enforce hated Con-Dem policy on hard-up householders who have been forced into arrears. Bedroom tax victim Angela Buskie Daily Record COUNCIL bureaucrats have threatened to kick … Continue reading →

ESA Regulations 29 and 35 Campaign: Black Triangle to meet with Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee chief this Thursday

JJ — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:02:34 +0000

By John McArdle Black Triangle Campaign Sunday 19th May 2013 As our members and supporters know, Black Triangle has been at the forefront of lobbying members of the medical profession to help us bring an end to the DWP-Atos Work … Continue reading →

Plymouth UKIP man quits after calling Scots ‘workshy addicts’ in Twitter rant

JJ — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:39:02 +0000

‘Brit Nat Down’ posted on May 18, 2013 by Rev. Stuart Campbell Thanks to the alert reader who pointed us at a Plymouth Herald story today about lovable UKIP candidate and teacher of British children, the charming Ron Northcott. “Plymouth UKIP man quits … Continue reading →

Labour will not repeal the bedroom tax shadow DWP Byrne tells Geordies

JJ — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:38:53 +0000

By Adrian Pearson 17 May 2013 Labour cannot promise to repeal the bedroom tax, its shadow benefits minister has told a Newcastle audience. Liam Byrne was in Tyneside to set out Labour’s plans to create jobs if it forms the next … Continue reading →

More right-wing drivel from Jon Cruddas: filling Labour’s ‘One Nation’ policy blanks ~ Arbeit und Heimat (‘Work and Home’)

JJ — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:20:52 +0000

Co-ordinator of Labour's policy review is charged with the task of defining party's 'One Nation' slogans Continue reading →