Tuesday, 28 January 2014

New sanctions figures out on in February

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The number of unemployed people in Brighton being punished for not finding a job is going up, despite the number of people out of work goin...

Music - ClikFunK pt iii (microhouse, electronica)

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Monday, 27 January 2014

'Rogue sanctions' and the invisible 'rogue sanctioneers' who sanction them

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The UK government’s policy of sanctioning the benefits of the unemployed depends for its legitimacy on the public’s belief that sanctions ...
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Friday, 17 January 2014

Tenants housing benefit hit by double-whammy effect of sanctions

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Tenants who have their unemployment benefit taken away as part of the government policy of ‘sanctioning’ are finding their housing benefit...
Thursday, 9 January 2014

Benefit Street: who are the real victims of this Poverty Porn?

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A lot has been said about Channel 4’s latest ratings success, ‘Benefits St’. It achieved 4.5 million viewers when it aired on Monday nigh...
Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Interview with a sanctioned benefit claimant (Friday 20 December 2013)

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I’ve been interviewing people who have had their benefit sanctioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). First a few facts. ...
Wednesday, 4 December 2013

A mashup of blogs, research and news stories I’ve found inneresting recently.

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Observers of the debate about social security reform will be aware that Labour lost a vote last month (Nov 2013) to scrap the Bedroom Tax...