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Category Archives: Welfare Reform
Five Parliamentary swallows including disability benefits and tenancy rights
In the middle of the chaos and bizarre behaviour of many MPs in the House of Commons that has been going on for at least three years, occasionally a few sensible words and recommendations are heard. If these could be … Continue reading
Philip it is clearly time to end the freeze
In a debate on 26th February on the subject of Universal Credit, Frank made a statement that included the following few words regarding the budget which is to take place on Wednesday. Let us hope that Philip Hammond will have … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged Frank Field, Harold Macmillan, Philip Hammond MP
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Dear Sarah [Newton, Minister of State for Disabled People],
According to a statement you made at the end of 2018 as Parliament was closing down on Thursday 20th December you claimed “The Department has been working at pace and taking the necessary steps required to implement the ruling. We … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged Department for Work and Pensions, DWP, Sarah Newton
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Let’s redouble our efforts to care for all children
As Donald Trump through his UN ambassador withdraws the USA from the United Nation Human Rights Council claiming the agency is a “protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias” and images circulate around the world of … Continue reading
MPs that broadcast hypocrisy
Andrew Mitchell MP was invited onto this morning’s Radio 4 Today programme to speak about the latest news from Save the Children, which is being considered against the backdrop of the Oxfam crisis. He was interviewed because he knows Justin … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform, Yemen
Tagged Andrew Mitchell, Kwasi Kwarteng
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Parliament must change Universal Debit
The way in which Parliament operates seem strange to many people and when new MPs or Peers first arrive many of them still struggle to understand its rules weeks and sometimes even months after they have arrived. It is perhaps … Continue reading
Please focus on your responsibilities
The challenge of negotiating the UK’s departure from the EU in a manner that leaves both the UK and EU able to continue to do business with one another on good terms is clearly not proving easy for David Davis. … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged Brexit, David Davis, Henry Smith, Huw Merriman
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Huw, please sort out the UC helpline
The cost to all of us, everytime someone gets on the phone to raise a concern or request information from a public sector body is huge. This relates to all agencies, irrespective of the name on the door of the … Continue reading
A Government unfit for purpose
Its easy to criticise Governments based on all sorts of criteria, running a nation is not easy. However today’s publication by the National Audit Office on the issue of Homelessness reveals holes in the fabric of the Government that are … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged DCLG, Eric Pickles, Greg Clark, Homelessness, NAO, Parliament, Sajid Javid MP
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Today is the first day of …..
The idea that each day begins the rest of our lives is always easier to say than to apply to our behaviour. If that is the case on a personal level, imagine how hard it must be on a national … Continue reading
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