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Moral disgust, financial discipline and efficiency: Smartcards and 21st century welfare.1 comment

hortusludi wrote 1 day ago: During late 2012 a debate began on the discussion board of a group I belong to. It focused on develo … more →

Tags: Auditing, cashles payments, Food Parcels, moral disgust, punitive regime, smartcard, social care budgets, Social Security, Welfare

Next meeting of the Multi-Agency Forum

gmwragauthor wrote 2 days ago: The next MAF is scheduled to be held on Wednesday 12 June, 9:00 am – 12:40 pm, at The Mechanic … more →

Tags: Meetings, welfare rights, bowel cancer, Bowel Cancer Screening, Disclosure and Barring Services, Franchising works, Integartion Up North Project, macc, manchester

Will welfare reform address problems rather than creating greater ones?

Andy Winter BHT wrote 6 days ago: This post is not about the pros and cons of welfare reform.  I think many of the ambitions behind we … more →

Tags: Housing, arrears, Bad debts, Bedroom tax, BHT, Borrowing, Brighton, Crisis, Digital Inclusion

Questions for ATOS and DWP Medical Services - you can't possibly have any? Can you?

gmwragauthor wrote 1 week ago: We recently posted up rhe minutes of the last North West Mental Health WROs group meeting on their u … more →

Tags: Meetings, welfare rights, DWP, Mental Health, NWMHWRG, North West Mental Health Welfare Rights Group, Manchester Town Hall, Department for Work and Pensions, atos

Benefit cap pilots start in Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, and Haringey

Steve LVSC wrote 1 week ago: From DWP: The benefit cap will apply from 15 April 2013 in Bromley, Croydon, Enfield and Haringey Lo … more →

Public Funding and the Tipping Point

Ken Gibb wrote 1 week ago: Alex Marsh tweeted a link to a word press blog this morning raising concerns about the future of pub … more →

Tags: Economics, Public Policy, Politics 2, UK

Pieces of Government Cheese9 comments

Gee Jordan wrote 2 weeks ago: We all know life can be tough and can throw many curve balls at you.  Some of us have it better than … more →

Tags: Black & White & Read All Over, ASSISTANCE???, Government, government assitance, government cheese, Welfare

Minutes of the last NWMHWRAG meeting and details of the next

gmwragauthor wrote 2 weeks ago: The minutes of the last North West Mental Health WROs group meeting are now available here and on th … more →

Tags: Meetings, welfare rights, DWP, Mental Health, NWMHWRG, North West Mental Health Welfare Rights Group, Manchester Town Hall, atos

More On Tsarnaev Welfare WMD's ... State Paid Them Over $100K1 comment

johngalt wrote 3 weeks ago: Tsarnaev Family Received $100G In Benefits       ” The Tsarnaev family, includi … more →

Tags: Arrogance, barbarism, corruption, Crime, Entitlements, Hope and Change, Hypocrisy, Law, shame

Putting New Jersey back to work

georgetannous wrote 4 weeks ago: In order to create jobs in New Jersey, our legislators must see the state through the eyes of a busi … more →

Tags: Politics, New Jersey, Business, tax credit, tax break, payroll tax, living wage, Small Business, Business Owner

Minutes of the Salford meeting now online

gmwragauthor wrote 1 month ago: In a rare moment of peak efficiency GMWRAG is pleased to announce that the minutes of the Salford me … more →

Tags: Meetings, Documents, welfare rights, Greater Manchester, manchester, Salford, Salford WRS, Universal Credit, Tameside MBC

Must-Reads from Around the World

TIME.com wrote 1 month ago: Syrian Conflict — In Syria, a record number of people killed by the civil war were found on Su … more →

Tags: daily briefing, World, Bashar al- Assad, Civil War, Denmark, human rights, Socialism, Syria, Work Ethics

#derbyuk #bedroomtax Saturday 11.00am

overhere1 wrote 1 month ago: Two or three weeks later than most other cities in the UK and Derby finally has its own bedroom tax … more →

Tags: #derbyuk, Politics, Derby, derby telegraph, Bedroom tax, The Rams, Demonstrations, housing benefits, Government

GMWRAG meeting - Friday the 19th of April 2013 in Salford.

gmwragauthor wrote 1 month ago: Following the coup of Stockport in securing the mighty Gareth Morgan for the January 2013 meeting of … more →

Tags: Meetings, Documents, take up, Training, welfare rights, GMWRAG, manchester, Meeting, BBC

The GMWRAG "offer" on training on Welfare Reforms.

gmwragauthor wrote 1 month ago: GMWRAG has just updated its Training Pages with our new “offer”. Does your organisation … more →

Tags: Training, welfare rights, pension credit, Personal Independence Payment, Pip, Universal Credit

Stop the demonisation.....1 comment

harpymarx wrote 1 month ago: So it’s more of the reactionary same from the Mail… Around 71% of the readership think t … more →

Tags: Welfare Reform

Access 2 Advice conference reports now available.

gmwragauthor wrote 1 month ago: An angry conference in Manchester has condemned Government cuts in civil legal aid from April 2013 a … more →

Tags: Meetings, Changes, event, welfare rights, Access 2 Advice, Law, Legal Advice, legal aid, manchester

Using mental illness as an insult - Mick Philpott, Jon Snow & lunatics 12 comments

Sectioned wrote 1 month ago: We’ve all done it: casually thrown around as insults terms related to mental illness. This eve … more →

Tags: Mental Health, twitter, Politics 2, mental health in the media, Blogging, Psychiatry, Politics, welfare benefits, Psychology

Welfare Reform: Lewes District Council is leading the way in helping residents

Andy Winter BHT wrote 1 month ago: Lewes District Council has partnered with FutureGov to identify how welfare reform will impact on re … more →

Tags: Debt, BHT, brighton housing trust, lewes, Eastbourne Borough Council, Credit Union, Citizen's Advice Bureau, District Council, FutureGov


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