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recent bookmarks from andrewduckerWhat's behind the Conservative attack on disabled people?2023-11-23T11:18:17+00:00
https://davidgillon.dreamwidth.org/292547.html
andrewduckerdisability Conservatives OhForFucksSake welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:dbbe4db46175/Universal credit benefit sanctions to be made tougher despite Government's own report finding they don't work2023-04-13T09:29:31+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/universal-credit-benefit-sanctions-dont-work-2271020
andrewduckerwelfare uk OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7daa3e31722d/Germany's 9-euro ticket strengthens the social participation of people with low incomes2022-10-26T20:08:50+00:00
https://idw--online-de.translate.goog/de/news803408?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
andrewduckerGermany welfare transporthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1e6c01bf0c87/The UK welfare system is cruel, disgusting, and murderous2022-09-02T18:37:46+00:00
https://twitter.com/RednorthUK/status/1458747918819725314?t=bqFJBGmmATQ_vIPaxSks4A&s=09
andrewduckerUK welfare murder OhForFucksSake conservativeshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:69a389365e9f/Scotland's new disability benefits system comes into force2022-08-30T06:16:21+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62712288?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckerScotland disability welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:45f8c9bb7a71/Universal Credit has increased crime rate by 6.5%2022-07-01T14:40:39+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/universal-credit-crime-study-increase-b2112117.html
andrewduckerwelfare uk crime OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5ecd2c7a0432/I didn't know that Universal Credit recipients in the UK could get cheap broadband2022-03-12T09:18:48+00:00
https://twitter.com/LydiaHuIme/status/1501273018361790470?t=hRA17oTSEp_7Vln-7auQqw&s=09
andrewduckerinternet UK welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8d28e94803a5/Benefits changes could have serious consequences on mental health, warns UK psychologists’ body2022-02-21T14:35:21+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/benefits-changes-deeply-concerning-psychologists-b2016328.html
andrewduckermentalhealth welfare uk OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7c79f075a0a2/Scottish Adult Disability Payment legislation unanimously approved2022-02-10T21:37:19+00:00
https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/adult-disability-payment-legislation-unanimously-approved
andrewduckerScotland welfare disability GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5be42b9b523e/These states cut unemployment aid early to supercharge hiring. It isn't working.2021-08-03T08:15:28+00:00
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/enhanced-unemployment-aid-ending-hiring-job-growth/#app
andrewduckerwelfare pandemic economics workhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:afbbcd1c0857/Fully Paralysed Terminally Ill Patients Still Face Inhumane Benefits Process Almost Two Years After Promised Review2021-05-29T09:31:02+00:00
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/fully-paralysed-terminally-ill-patients-still-facing-inhumane-benefits-process-almost-two-years-after-promised-review
andrewduckerwelfare UK illness OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:dcaf5a384a3f/Millions on universal credit offered half price broadband from BT2021-05-03T08:05:50+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56949254
andrewduckerbroadband UK welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7244acb48214/Why I'm a firm believer that as many benefits as possible should be universal2020-11-17T10:21:04+00:00
https://twitter.com/garius/status/1328399516605747202?s=09
andrewduckerbenefits welfare GuaranteedIncome universityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:808bbe18f587/'No DSS' letting bans ruled unlawful2020-07-19T08:21:40+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-53391516?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR0NsuBZmz6twk8GPEm8dlV_h5xrE2O3EIEb8qVckXq_xDMVTHWK84Pd69Q
andrewduckerwelfare housing law GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:275beb866a84/Labour coming out with exactly the kind of nonsense welfare policy ideas that means I wouldn't vote for them. Must be a day with a Y in it.2020-06-05T08:49:42+00:00
https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/excl-welfare-system-should-be-based-more-on-what-you-put-in-to-tackle-public-mistrust-says-shadow-work-and-pensions-secretary
andrewduckerLabour welfare OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:dfed47a49b08/Home Office's denial of benefits to migrant families found to be unlawful2020-05-07T21:03:39+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/07/home-offices-denial-of-benefits-to-migrant-families-unlawful-court-rules
andrewduckerlaw welfare immigration UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:45ed9e749c8d/The illiberal, tax cutting, welfare cutting, immigrant-hating governments of Tony Blair2020-02-23T13:15:27+00:00
https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/1231543272943898626?s=09
andrewduckerracism tax welfare Labour UK government OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2dea984db3a1/Portugal has found an antidote to right wing populism (investing in its people)2020-01-02T11:12:24+00:00
https://scoop.me/portugal-antidote-right-wing-populism/
andrewduckerwelfare Portugal society economics viaFergushttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7f7b1aa7d973/A million universal credit households do not get full entitlement2019-11-24T17:39:27+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/23/million-families-cut-universal-credit-benefits-debts
andrewduckerwelfare poverty ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ea112e342b09/‘Horrific’ stats show how the vast majority of disability benefit fraud allegations are false2019-11-22T22:03:06+00:00
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/horrific-stats-show-how-most-disability-benefit-fraud-allegations-are-false/
andrewduckerdisability fraud welfare OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:aab4d2d227c8/UK government loses supreme court fight over bedroom tax2019-11-14T08:52:10+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/13/uk-government-loses-supreme-court-fight-over-bedroom-tax?CMP=share_btn_tw
andrewduckertax disability welfare UK GoodNews lawhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cebf7c9729c3/Universal credit: Single mums being forced into sex work2019-07-22T15:37:31+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49013769
andrewduckersex poverty welfare UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9595c37175e0/DWP fit-to-work assessments cost more money than they save2019-06-18T18:57:01+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dwp-fit-to-work-assessments-cost-more-than-they-save-report-reveals-a6801636.html
andrewduckerUK welfare disability OhForFucksSake Conservativeshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d619d9b5b007/Commons committee finds UK welfare approach counterproductive and pointlessly cruel. Government ignores it.2019-06-08T14:59:38+00:00
https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/news-parliament-2017/benefit-sanctions-government-response-report-publication-17-19/
andrewduckerwelfare uk OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4fe6a9a3d594/The old route into the arts for working class Brits has been closed off2019-06-01T22:05:50+00:00
https://twitter.com/juliangough/status/1134795302081323008?s=09
andrewduckerwelfare art UK classhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0b60b7ef81be/Effects of taxes and benefits on UK household income2019-03-20T11:22:07+00:00
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/theeffectsoftaxesandbenefitsonhouseholdincome/financialyearending2017
andrewduckeruk tax benefits welfare nhshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:afb877076a12/Universal credit to blame for soaring food bank use, government admits after years of denial2019-02-11T17:17:56+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/universal-credit-food-bank-amber-rudd-welfare-department-work-pensions-dwp-a8773931.html
andrewduckerUK welfare food OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:48f1d33ad0e0/Homeless charity boss told she won't get Lottery funding unless she stops criticising Universal Credit2018-10-27T20:34:45+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/homeless-charity-boss-claims-she-was-told-she-wont-get-lottery-funding-unless-she-stops-criticising-the-government/
andrewduckercharity censorship government welfare OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:61052111265b/The British government continues to kill its sick people2018-10-12T07:31:22+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/people/diabetic-woman-died-after-coma-benefits-stopped-employment-support-allowance-sanction/
andrewduckerUK welfare murder diabetes OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:026293b7166d/Theresa May told to scrap fit-to-work assessments after nearly 50% of women attempted suicide during process2018-10-10T12:52:54+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-fit-to-work-assessment-women-suicide-benefits-disability-a8577306.html
andrewduckersuicide welfare uk OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1c64beef8344/Abusers given power by Britain's outdated benefits system2018-08-01T09:01:30+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45029275
andrewduckeruk welfare abusehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1849c4f25a6d/Benefit sanctions found to be ineffective and damaging2018-05-22T07:39:48+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/22/benefit-sanctions-found-to-be-ineffective-and-damaging
andrewduckerwelfare epicfailhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:155dba154113/Scotland recognises social security as a human right2018-04-26T07:33:13+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/25/scotland-recognises-social-security-as-a-human-right
andrewduckerscotland GoodNews welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:16e40ddf5d5c/Scotland sets up a devolved social security system2018-04-25T11:28:17+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-43885731
andrewduckerGoodNews scotland welfare disabilitieshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c2090f9ce983/Universal credit to slash benefits for the self-employed2018-03-25T10:07:46+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/25/universal-credit-self-employed-benefit-slash
andrewduckerwelfare ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:807e43b115e1/Baby boomers to get far more welfare support than Generation X and Millennials2018-02-05T10:39:29+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/baby-boomers-welfare-support-generation-x-millennials-cuts-pensions-new-wealth-tax-a8194726.html
andrewduckerwelfare OhForFucksSake ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:898d10e71f1d/British austerity policies lie at heart of soaring homelessness and related health harms2018-01-30T11:40:55+00:00
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180129223939.htm
andrewduckerausterity welfare homelessness uk OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:dd3489db0352/Universal credit penalises the self-employed2017-10-29T16:28:11+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/29/universal-credit-penalises-the-self-employed-report-warns
andrewduckerwelfare UK employmenthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:96784471f91e/"A List Of Reasons The DWP Stopped Paying My Benefits"2017-07-05T18:16:49+00:00
https://medium.com/@sarcastathon/a-list-of-reasons-the-dwp-stopped-paying-my-benefits-52dfa60d201b
andrewduckerwelfare UK OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:511acbf6ce65/If they say you’re a Red Tory or a Yellow Tory, ask about Corbyn’s welfare cuts2017-06-25T10:57:09+00:00
http://www.libdemvoice.org/54704-54704.html
andrewduckerwelfare labourhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:933b80c6920b/IFS criticises Labour and Tory plans - Neither major party is being "really honest" with voters2017-05-26T08:23:07+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40057115
andrewduckerlabour Conservatives economics tax welfare uk OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3f8cde0f646b/Two questions about Labour's manifesto2017-05-17T07:59:00+00:00
http://peterblack.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/two-questions-about-labours-manifesto.html?m=1
andrewduckerlabour welfare politics ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:6c5bac9fb710/Scotland bans private firms from carrying out benefits assessments2017-04-28T10:15:02+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scotland-benefit-assessment-ban-private-companies-social-security-agency-department-work-pensions-a7706896.html
andrewduckerwelfare scotlandhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d8489bd6750a/First use of new Scots welfare powers over Universal Credit2017-01-14T10:36:59+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38601944
andrewduckerscotland welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f434f8f7d6e9/DWP scraps retesting for chronically ill sickness benefits claimants2016-10-01T08:12:32+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/01/dwp-scraps-retesting-for-chronically-ill-sickness-benefits-claimants
andrewduckerwelfare Conservatives uk GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fd8be5bf55d1/How to make the single market more inclusive after Brexit2016-09-12T13:53:06+00:00
http://bruegel.org/2016/08/how-to-make-the-single-market-more-inclusive-in-the-aftermath-of-brexit/
andrewduckerviaFanf welfare economics europehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5a22f94f9b0d/"I'm a DWP call handler and have no time to care about your disability claim."2016-08-20T12:47:24+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2016/aug/20/work-pensions-disability-claim-call-handler-benefits-dwp
andrewduckerdisability welfare OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ca4483387dd8/UK in breach of international human rights2016-06-28T22:37:51+00:00
http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/news/uk-in-breachhuman-rights/00287.html#.V3Kw3ES0f3g.twitter
andrewduckerhumanrights austerity welfare ukhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2dbd1751e76a/Cutting benefits does not make people more likely to find work, Government-backed study finds2016-06-06T08:19:54+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cutting-benefits-does-not-make-people-more-likely-to-find-work-government-backed-study-finds-a7066986.html
andrewduckerwelfare work ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:317dbeb80201/Laws on Osborne v Duncan Smith2016-04-05T10:56:03+00:00
http://www.libdemvoice.org/laws-on-osborne-v-duncan-smith-50069.html
andrewduckerpolitics welfare libdem Conservativeshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:687a1d220ad7/BBC banned from broadcasting disability benefit cuts protest in Parliament2016-03-23T15:07:28+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-banned-from-broadcasting-from-disability-benefit-cuts-protest-in-parliament-a6948046.html
andrewduckerbbc welfare disabilities parliamenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e7e636f85e33/On Iain Duncan Smith and The Failure of George Osbourne.2016-03-22T11:46:11+00:00
http://danieldwilliam.livejournal.com/137576.html
andrewduckerpolitics welfare failhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f1bba48c7662/The voting record of IDS replacement.2016-03-19T13:07:31+00:00
https://twitter.com/nadiakhomami/status/711137298788831232
andrewduckerpolitics voting Conservatives welfarehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1467dd8f9cdd/Is Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation about disability cuts - or Europe?2016-03-18T23:14:55+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/18/the-tory-war-over-brexit-that-made-iain-duncan-smith-fire-his-gun
andrewduckerpolitics uk welfare europehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1d2651950823/IDS loses legal challenge to keep Universal Credit problems secret2016-03-18T23:12:18+00:00
http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/03/17/ids-loses-legal-challenge-to-keep-universal-credit-problems
andrewduckerpolitics welfare ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f3f065aabaee/UK Government cutting benefits for the disabled to give a tax break to the richest2016-03-13T13:16:28+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/85-per-cent-of-benefits-from-new-tax-cut-would-go-to-the-richest-half-of-britain-research-suggests-a6928586.html
andrewduckermoney tax welfare Conservatives ukhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b53c03d04c58/More than half of appealed DWP 'fit to work' decisions found to be wrong at tribunal2016-03-10T16:13:21+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dwp-fit-to-work-esa-appeal-tribunal-a6923066.html
andrewduckerwelfare work healthhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c1039562d060/Scottish government will seek to end benefits stigma2016-02-28T15:10:33+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35681735
andrewduckerwelfare scotland GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:796c114a00ad/How I learnt to stop worrying and love Basic Income2016-02-22T18:06:52+00:00
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/welfare/2016/02/how-i-learnt-stop-worrying-and-love-basic-income
andrewduckerGuaranteedIncome politics welfare work uk povertyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f82ea90fb905/The new DWP benefits helpline is going to be a premium rate number2016-02-18T16:12:05+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/claim-benefits-helpline-number-dwp-universal-credit-45p-a-minute-premium-rate-iain-duncan-smith-a6881441.html
andrewduckerwelfare phones OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ba2f02d9fc80/Nearly 14,000 disabled people have mobility cars taken away2016-02-04T20:56:40+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35476904?SThisFB
andrewduckerdisability transport welfare UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2a573a3ece09/Universal Credit could leave single working parents £1,000 worse off2016-02-03T09:06:06+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/universal-credit-could-leave-single-working-parents-1000-worse-off-a6849926.html
andrewduckerwelfare austerityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:90793677fce0/The DWP is forcing a rape victim to pay the Bedroom Tax on her police-installed panic room2016-01-27T12:45:02+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-dwp-is-forcing-a-rape-victim-to-pay-the-bedroom-tax-on-her-police-installed-panic-room-a6836486.html
andrewduckerrape housing welfare OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:340e6e348c4e/'Bedroom tax': Government loses Court of Appeal cases2016-01-27T10:20:20+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35418488
andrewduckerlaw housing welfare UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:25ae3a033497/DWP fit-to-work assessments cost more money than they save2016-01-08T19:02:05+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dwp-fit-to-work-assessments-cost-more-than-they-save-report-reveals-a6801636.html
andrewduckerwelfare disabilities uk epicfailhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:943cd7766cc4/The DWP is cutting a disability benefit that already leaves a third of recipients struggling to afford food2015-12-09T11:32:26+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-government-is-cutting-a-disability-benefit-that-already-leaves-a-third-of-recipients-unable-to-a6764641.html
andrewduckerfood welfare UK austerity OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8c75254cb26a/Economists tested 7 welfare programs to see if they made people lazy. They didn't.2015-12-02T07:54:51+00:00
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9764324/welfare-cash-transfer-work
andrewduckerwelfare money work GuaranteedIncomehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:02d6c67f2442/Autumn Statement: IFS says 2.6m working families will be £1,600 a year worse off2015-11-26T14:45:42+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/autumn-statement-ifs-says-26-million-working-families-will-be-1600-a-year-worse-off-a6749831.html
andrewduckerausterity money welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3e65367288dc/More suicides in government disability test areas2015-11-17T11:04:36+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34838539
andrewduckerdisabilities suicide welfare uk OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:070b69d07bd5/Benefit sanctions against people with mental health problems up by 600 per cent2015-11-12T16:46:59+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/benefit-sanctions-against-people-with-mental-health-problems-up-by-600-per-cent-a6731971.html
andrewduckermentalhealth welfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:97670bc0a1ad/