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- Fun Online Poll Results, the EHRC and the Royal Family by Mark Wadsworth on Nov 17, 2009
Turnout was quite low in last week's Fun Online Poll, but thanks to the 51 people who took part. The responses to the question "What should income-related benefit withdrawal try to achieve?" were as follows:Minimise the cost of welfare - 47% (1)Show...
- My letter to the FT by Mark Wadsworth on Nov 12, 2009
I fired this off on Wednesday afternoon. It wasn't in yesterday's paper, and I doubt it will be in today's, so I'll post it here instead:------------------------------------------Sir,Referring to the Tories' welfare reform proposals (Big Talk on Welf...
- Fun Online Poll Results: What are we missing? by Mark Wadsworth on Nov 11, 2009
Last weekend's Fun Online Poll asked "Which is the better way to help businesses?". I normally wait until a hundred people have voted, but so far 73 have chose "Cut Taxes" and nobody has chosen "Bail out the banks, in the hope they'll increase lendin...
- FakeCharities: The fun never stops. Ever. by Mark Wadsworth on Nov 10, 2009
From The Evening Standard:David Cameron attacked the “moral failure” of state-run welfare today as he announced radical plans to use taxpayers' cash to fund charities helping the poorest in society. The Tory leader pledged to match Labour's commi...
- Council Tax Benefit Renamed Council Tax Rebate by The Solicitor on Nov 9, 2009
The Government has announced it plans to rename Council Tax Benefit as Council Tax Rebate as part of a campaign to encourage pensioners to claim the help they are entitled to. Campaign groups, including the Royal British Legion, are...
- Shannon Matthew's mum's former partner's sister's benefit fraud by Mark Wadsworth on Nov 6, 2009
From The Metro:Mother-of-two Amanda Hyett admitted claiming a range of benefits while failing to tell the authorities she lived with her husband, bus driver Neil Hyett.... Craig Hassall, prosecuting, told the court how Hyett had claimed benefits appa...
- Pathways to confusion by Benefit Scrounging Scum on Nov 4, 2009
On Monday I attended the local job centre for my Pathways to Work interview. Pathways interviews are held in jobcentres with a Disability Employment Advisor (DEA), the idea is to offer support tailored to the individual's particular health condition...
