Month: October 2018
Berries
My son doesn’t have enough money to survive. I’m over £300 worse off a month whilst working and on Universal credit. – The poor side of life
Dear readers, I’m sorry about the lateness of this blog, yesterday was extremely busy and I returned home late, then had to go to parent’s evening that appeared to go on forever. Things have changed so much since my oldest children were at secondary school, it certainly felt more corporate than it used to and…
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circus tent
Sanctioned for being sacked, refusal to help, no disability adviser at Ashton Jobcentre. Universal Credit isn’t working.
Dear readers, Thursday seems to arrive very quickly. Today was cooler with a bit of rain and I think that we all felt the difference. Many thanks to everyone that sent their best wishes to us all this morning via Facebook and Twitter. Believe me, we need it, numbers are low these days and your kind thoughts make all the difference.
I’ll list the cases that we came across today like I usually do, please note that everyone was handed a food parcel if needed, copies of our survival guide and the leaflet from Unite Community. I also checked that everyone was ok and if needing signposting we signposted them.
I arrived five minutes early and there was already a queue for the food parcels. I had a chat with everyone asking how they were and if there had been any updates with their situations. Sadly no one has a…
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days going & coming
Brighton
closing my eyes in the dark, i hear the sound of a car with beats of music burbling out of it like cartoon bubbles as it passes briefly along the road below in the Brighton night & as the silence returns i sense my love for this unique coastal strip of town
Esther McVey screams abuse at “ugly, destructive, Marxist, Militant, socialists” and subcontracts DWP to Citizens’ Advice.
Pretty constructive Esther Attacks “ugly, destructive, Marxist socialists.”
Tory Esther McVey suggests her own party’s benefit cuts are “fake news” in shameless conference speech,
Reports the Mirror
The Work and Pensions Secretary launched her attack despite cuts being well-documented by experts and her predecessor Iain Duncan Smith.
She told Tory members in Birmingham: “If you were to believe everything you heard from Labour or read on social media you’d think we were somehow letting down the most vulnerable in society – especially disabled people.
“However, those who say we are cutting budgets are peddling fake news.
“So here’s the real news – we have never spent more on those with disabilities and long-term health conditions. We spend over £50billion a year, up £9billion on 2010.”
Ms McVey said she became a Conservative to stand against the “ugly, destructive, Marxist, Militant, socialists of the past”.
Today the Independent reports.
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