Category Archives: Welfare Reform

The Government must Act and not just consider

Posted on April 3, 2022 by ianchisnall

Two conversations have taken place in the last couple of days and it is clear that the Government Departments need to respond much more effectively than they are currently doing. The first took place in Parliament on Friday when a … Continue reading →

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Well done Welsh Government for your caring

Posted on February 17, 2022 by ianchisnall

The Welsh Government is about to set up a trial that will be launched this summer to provide additional support for care leavers. When they reach 18 they will be given an income which according to this article in the Children … Continue reading →

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Two vital voices calling to protect children in England

Posted on November 23, 2021 by ianchisnall

On Thursday of last week the Department for Education published a report under the title of Children looked after in England including adoptions which can be obtained from here. The number of children being looked after is the largest number … Continue reading →

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While in Sussex this week, visit some foodbanks

Posted on September 27, 2021 by ianchisnall

To all members of the Labour Party, we are delighted to welcome you to Brighton and Hove for your annual conference over the next few days. It would be fantastic for the whole of Sussex to benefit from Labour MPs … Continue reading →

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Two vital groups of MPs focused on food waste

Posted on August 31, 2021 by ianchisnall

Ten weeks ago I came across a publication from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (EFRA) that had called on the Government to fund charities like FareShare. My personal involvement was in the setting up of Sussex FareShare … Continue reading →

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Universal Credit – the £20 a week needs to become permanent

Posted on August 16, 2021 by ianchisnall

The Summer break from Parliament is always an opportunity for local MPs to read documents that are not coming out of their normal sources and that reflect on what has happened previously in Parliament. At the beginning of September, the … Continue reading →

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A very important debate this afternoon with local connections

Posted on July 12, 2021 by ianchisnall

This afternoon there will be a discussion in Westminster regarding the tragic death of a young man called Dylan Ramsay who drowned in a quarry on the 3rd July 2011. Dylan was swimming with two friends near his home. According … Continue reading →

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Telegraph journalists need to experience the real world

Posted on June 11, 2019 by ianchisnall

Our Government claimed almost a year ago that austerity had ended, even though the cuts to police, education, NHS, low income benefits and local government are still impacting the deepest bones of our society. However if suddenly the Government discovered … Continue reading →

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Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and the Ministers new Surgery

Posted on May 16, 2019 by ianchisnall

Based on my own very limited observation of Parliamentary debates, at one time only occasionally MPs would stand up and speak about one of their constituents and their experiences so that Parliament could be persuaded to focus on the realities … Continue reading →

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Sanctions should be proportionate….

Posted on May 15, 2019 by ianchisnall

…and apply to all recipients of public funding if the words of Amber Rudd are to be treated with some fairness. Last Thursday she made a statement and included these words  “Conditionality and sanctions are an important part of the … Continue reading →

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