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Centre for Social Justice contradicts Cameron's 'broken Britain' slogan

By Adam McCulloch on April 28, 2010 3:50 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Bob-Holman-60.jpgby Bob Holman

Unlike Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron does acknowledge the existence of
poverty. The credit rests with Iain Duncan Smith whose Centre for Social
Justice (CSJ) contains staff in contact with people in deprived areas.


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Service Users Fighting Benefit Cuts and Welfare Attacks: It's always personal

By Peter Beresford on October 8, 2009 4:29 PM | 6 Comments | No TrackBacks
Peter-Beresford-60.jpgby Peter Beresford, service user and professor of social policy at Brunel University

When we write as service users, mostly what are trying to do, is set things out from our points of view and lived experience, to try and gain understanding and make life better for people with similar experiences. I think that is true whatever kind of service user we are, what movement we are part of - disabled people's, older people's, or mental health service users'/survivors' movement.
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'Free personal care plan makes a mockery of the adult green paper consultation'

By Adam McCulloch on October 6, 2009 10:48 AM | 6 Comments | No TrackBacks
Peter-Beresford-60.jpgby Peter Beresford

The prime minister's party conference commitment to introduce free home care for people with the highest needs has made a further mockery of the government's green paper consultation. This wasn't even on the menu. The government wanted the green paper to foster a big public debate. It seems only to be increasing controversy.

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Children will suffer if parents are forced into low-paid jobs

By Adam McCulloch on September 30, 2009 1:42 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Bob-Holman-60.jpgParents forced into work will not be pulled out of poverty by low-paid jobs and their children will suffer by their absence

by Bob Holman

Government minister Stephen Timms wants both parents in poor families off benefits and into work. If necessary, they should be compelled to do so. The proposal is enthusiastically supported by the right-wing TaxPayers' Alliance.


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Is Duncan-Smith benefits plan an end to Conservative welfare bashing?

By Adam McCulloch on September 25, 2009 2:25 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Heng web blog.jpgby Simon Heng

It's party conference season, and, not so long ago, we could rely on the Conservative Party conference to produce some headline-grabbing speeches bashing all of us benefits claimants. We would all be castigated as scroungers, living a life of luxury on the back of other people's labours. But things are changing.

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'Accounting isn't my thing'

By Gary on May 21, 2009 8:14 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Heng blog use me.jpgwrites Simon Heng

MPs ought to look at the benefits system as it applies to service users before they go about reforming their derided expense rules.

This is a comparison I never thought I'd make: MPs and benefit claimants.
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Financial abuse: a family affair

By Adam McCulloch on September 24, 2008 12:29 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks
Harvey for blog.jpgBy Jennifer Harvey

Financial abuse is a growing danger as bills mount. And the culprits are often those whom you would least suspect

I'm a bit web wary. I do buy things over the internet, but I worry about it. I worry about random hackers getting my card details, and receiving a statement saying I've bought a time-share in Tenerife.
For many people the financial threat is in their homes and families, not just in cyberspace, or from inadequate statement shredding, or a careless civil servant and a lost CD. Financial abuse is rife, and as the bills get bigger the temptations grow.

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Welfare reform green paper: threats and punishment won't work

By Adam McCulloch on July 24, 2008 2:52 PM | 5 Comments | No TrackBacks
Bateman, Neil mug web.gifby Neil Bateman

The welfare reform green paper (published on 21 July) contains yet more proposals for toughening up the benefits system. It seems there is no turning back when it comes to these ideas that Tebbitt, Lilley and Co only dreamed of and now being wafted through by Brown, Purnell Associates.

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Mental health, work, and new incapacity benefit rules

By Adam McCulloch on July 16, 2008 11:01 AM | 3 Comments | No TrackBacks
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by Helen Waddell

Because of the disabling symptoms of schizoaffective disorder I am unable to work, and obtain an income by claiming incapacity benefit. I feel relieved that I will not be subject to the criteria under which new claimants for its replacement - the employment and support allowance - will be assessed.


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