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While most get nothing, IDS will get a parachute of £34k just for quitting as government minister

Wednesday 13 April 2016 10:08

Iain Duncan Smith will get a severance pay of roughly £34,000 just for quitting the government frontbench as minister, research by Political Scrapbook has revealed.

Tagged: DWP Tories 13 Comments

A judge wouldn’t believe a woman over benefits because her MP put an ‘X’ in the email

Thursday 31 March 2016 10:26

In tribunal hearing over the stopping of her benefits, a judge refused to believe representations on behalf of a frail woman because her MP put an ‘X’ in the email.

Tagged: benefits sanctions DWP 27 Comments

Three Tory MPs have been disowned as patrons by charities for cutting disabled support

Monday 14 March 2016 11:49

  Three prominent Tory MPs have now been rebuked by charities they are patrons of, for their vote to further cut support for disabled people last week.

Tagged: DWP ESA 54 Comments

Job Centre sanctions mum for not attending interview even though her son passed out after surgery

Friday 11 March 2016 16:17

A food bank in North Lanarkshire got this referral on Wednesday:

Tagged: DWP Job Centre 52 Comments

Gill’s brother died after his benefits were cut, and now she can take the government to court over his death

Thursday 10 March 2016 12:48

Gill Thompson was outside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) yesterday, with a banner of names of people she says have died due to benefit sanctions – including her brother David Clapson.

Tagged: DWP Tories 160 Comments

Iain Duncan Smith lied and misled us for years, and yet he’s complaining about dirty tricks now?

Friday 4 March 2016 11:11

“Time to halt the smears spin and threats,” Iain Duncan Smith declares in the Daily Mail today, thundering at the EU ‘Remain’ campaign for scaremongering.

Tagged: DWP EU referendum 7 Comments

Passionate MP slams Iain Duncan Smith attempts to block ‘Bedroom Tax unlawful’ ruling

Thursday 28 January 2016 13:54

Today’s urgent session on the Bedroom Tax saw various fiery exchanges across the Commons floor — but the most passionate broadside at Iain Duncan Smith was saved until the very final question.

Tagged: Andrew Gwynne Bedroom Tax DWP Iain Duncan Smith Justin Tomlinson 4 Comments

Omnishambles Universal Credit project could get eighth boss in just five years

Monday 4 January 2016 14:03

Iain Duncan Smith is advertising for yet another director general for the failing Universal Credit scheme — meaning the disastrous programme could clock up eight different bosses in a little more than five years.

Tagged: DWP Iain Duncan Smith Tories Universal Credit 9 Comments

IDS called for ‘liability for suicide’ criminal offence … then own policies linked to 600 suicides

Tuesday 17 November 2015 08:53

The Tories’ harsh welfare regime has been dealt yet another blow — with a study linking so-called Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) to hundreds of suicides.

Tagged: DWP Iain Duncan Smith Tories 17 Comments

Crying wolf: IDS has threatened to resign at least four times since 2010

Monday 9 November 2015 10:25

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is threatening to resign if George Osborne announces any more cuts to his precious welfare reforms —  in particular the ‘Titanic’ disaster that is the government’s plans to introduce Universal Credit for benefits claimants.

Tagged: DWP Iain Duncan Smith 1 Comment

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