The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves
Rick Burgess
Genocide abroad and democide at home.
Tag: universal credit
How Labour Is Using Biased AI to Determine Benefit Claims
Harriet Williamson
A DWP director said: ‘You have to [have] bias to catch fraudsters.’
Meet the Disabled Activist Taking the UK Government to Court
Harriet Williamson
‘Keir Starmer sees disabled people as a real threat.’
The DWP Is ‘Unlawfully’ Chasing People to Pay Back Benefits Claimed in Lockdown
Sophie K Rosa
Claimants are being made to feel 'like criminals'.
No, Higher Wages Won’t Fix the Cost of Living Crisis
Matteo Tiratelli
But we should demand them anyway.
Right to Buy 2.0 is an Unmitigated Disaster
Ell Folan
Thatcher's zombie isn't going to save us.
Why Suspicion of Benefits ‘Scroungers’ Could Be About to Reach New Heights
Jim Kaufman & Jamie Redman
Those who can’t work may soon be forced to.
Austerity May Be Over, but the Tories Still Aren’t Spending Enough
James Meadway
The average household is set to be £13,000 worse off by the middle of the decade.
Tories Suffer Backlash Over Chaos and Cuts
After energy shortages, benefits cuts, and a tax hike on national insurance, the public have turned against the Tories on the economy. How long will Johnson’s post-conference hangover last?
Johnson’s Nasty Cut Trashes Promise to “Level Up”
Boris Johnson’s pun-filled conference speech promised to “level up” the country, but on the day that millions are hit by a cruel cut to universal credit, his pitch to workers is a sick joke.
This Isn’t Just About Universal Credit – Our Entire Benefits System Is a Joke
Andrew Fisher
This is a much bigger problem than the £20 cut.
Labour’s Universal Credit Revamp Is a Step Backwards, Not Forwards
Will Stronge
A few technical changes? Just two years ago, it was calling to scrap the system entirely.
Jobcentre Staff Were Taught to Inflict ‘Psychological Harm’ on the Unemployed
Sophie K Rosa
Top-down pressure and 'benefit scrounger' narratives encouraged staff to be 'cruel and inhumane'.
Universal Credit Is a Symptom of Britain’s Broken Jobs Market
Andrew Fisher
People on UC have jobs, they're just crap ones.
Now Isn’t the Time for a General Tax Hike – We Need to Target Those Who’ve Profited From the Pandemic
Ann Pettifor
The left must be wary of equating tax hikes with post-pandemic recovery. In today’s budget, Rishi Sunak should go after those whose wealth has increased over the past year.
