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recent bookmarks from asterisk2aMan who starved after benefits cut off 'had pulled out own teeth' | Society | The Guardian2020-05-02T05:13:01+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/01/man-who-starved-after-benefits-cut-off-had-pulled-out-own-teeth
asterisk2aDWP WCA mental health Austerity safeguarding JSA suicide povertyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:33e0d51b3e91/Universal credit: MPs call for action on women driven to 'survival sex' - BBC News2019-10-25T19:08:11+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50170297?xtor=ES-208-[26295_NEWS_NLB_ACT_Wk43_Fri_25_Oct]-20191025-[bbcnews_benefits_newsuk_survivalsex]
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP JSA ESA Austerity UK survival sexhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:49d133c15b7e/How one woman’s story sums up the brutality of the benefits system | Kerry Hudson | Opinion | The Guardian2019-08-10T13:24:16+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2019/aug/09/we-should-be-scared-about-how-horror-stories-of-austerity-will-end
asterisk2aDWP sanctions Universal Credit Austerity Privatisation CON-servative JSAhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:031f46cd6fc9/Universal credit and its impact on household incomes: the long and the short of it - Institute For Fiscal Studies - IFS2019-04-24T16:39:00+00:00
https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14083
asterisk2aUniversal Credit Disabled welfare state DWP NHS WCA ESA JSA mental healthhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9e9d64ee183c/'Desperation and despair': Barnsley's long battle with austerity | UK news | The Guardian2019-02-01T00:58:40+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/28/desperation-despair-barnsley-long-battle-with-austerity#img-1
asterisk2aAusterity child poverty social elderly care Council NHS trap UK Conservative Police Prison DWP ESA JSA demographic bubble self-medication deprivation Food Bank foodbankhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:61c10fc9bc8f/Mentally ill people more at risk of losing benefits, study shows | Society | The Guardian2019-01-22T13:24:34+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/22/mentally-ill-people-more-at-risk-losing-benefits-study-shows
asterisk2aDWP mental health Universal Credit Austerity NHS DLA PIP ESA JSA sanction UKhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:50314c7b5c49/Threat of revolt forces rethink of ‘catastrophic’ universal credit | Society | The Guardian2019-01-06T12:21:49+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/05/amber-rudd-to-delay-universal-credit-roll-out-pilot-study
asterisk2aDWP Universal Credit ESA JSAhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:072a539ad055/MPs call for review of 'pointlessly cruel' benefit sanctions | Society | The Guardian2018-11-06T18:46:28+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/06/mps-call-for-review-of-pointlessly-cruel-benefit-sanctions
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP JSA ESA Disabled sanctions poverty trap Austerity welfare statehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c984d8352e15/Universal Credit agents 'encouraged' to get claimants off phone - YouTube2018-11-04T12:58:37+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97dHLJFLTJc
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP Tories nasty party CON-servative Conservatives sanctions ESA Disabled JSA Food bank foodbank housing benefit Privatisation working poor poverty UK Austerityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f07d03a9a81f/Constant anxiety of benefit sanctions is toxic for mental health of disabled people2018-10-28T03:15:14+00:00
https://theconversation.com/constant-anxiety-of-benefit-sanctions-is-toxic-for-mental-health-of-disabled-people-105067
asterisk2aUK DWP welfare state mental health Universal Credit UC sanctions Hartz-IV JSA ESA Disabled nasty party Tories JAM working poor taxcredit tax poverty trap public NHShttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9fda7757faa4/Welfare spending for UK's poorest shrinks by £37bn | Politics | The Guardian2018-09-23T19:41:47+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/23/welfare-spending-uk-poorest-austerity-frank-field
asterisk2aAusterity UK Disabled ESA tax credit Universal JSA sanctions welfare state society poverty traphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:acf976ccef65/Heartless Tories spend £200MILLION fighting to stop sick and disabled people getting benefits - Mirror Online2018-08-21T22:15:29+00:00
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/heartless-tories-spend-200million-fighting-13114513.amp?__twitter_impression=true
asterisk2aUK Austerity DWP ESA PIP targets JSA sanctions Privatisation nasty party Tories Conservative JAM Disabled poverty traphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d44fa8078f0d/Paul Gray: On universal credit, ministers were wrong to ignore us | Patrick Butler | Society | The Guardian2018-08-08T08:59:34+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/07/paul-gray-universal-credit-ministers-wrong-ignore-committee
asterisk2aDWP Universal Credit Austerity JSA ESA poverty trap Privatisationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a83bf4bac0be/Revealed: ministers' plan to research effect of policies on food bank use | Society | The Guardian2018-08-02T03:19:53+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/01/revealed-ministers-plan-to-research-effect-of-policies-on-food-bank-use
asterisk2aFood Bank foodbank UK Austerity poverty Universal Credit trap downward mobility DWP JSA taxcredit welfarehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:54fb79f3a1b8/(10620) BBC Question Time: the complete discussion on Universal Credit - YouTube2018-07-31T22:51:27+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SdopPXmYRk
asterisk2aDWP JSA Universal Credit Austerity nasty party Conservative Tories poverty trap downward mobility Council housing benefit social affordable crisis homelessnesshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0d0893bb0a55/(10585) Hartz IV: Wie die Bundesregierung die Regelsätze niedrig rechnet | Monitor | Das Erste | WDR - YouTube2018-07-30T21:15:25+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml_cVzQccEk
asterisk2aHartzIV Hartz-IV poverty working poor Aufstocker DWP JSA welfare state Gesellschaft Society Fake News Brexit AfD DonaldTrump Donald Trump Steuerfreibetrag Menschenwürde inequality social income mobility trap downward Germany UK USA No Representation Ausgrenzung Austerity neoliberalism neoliberal PEGIDAhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a0cab85f97e9/Universal credit IT system 'broken', whistleblowers say | Society | The Guardian2018-07-24T15:26:58+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/22/universal-credit-it-system-broken-service-centre-whistleblowers-say
asterisk2aDWP Universal Credit Privatisation Austerity ESA Disabled disability JSA tax taxcredit JAM poverty trap Tories nasty party Conservativehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5eb948a5f125/(9837) Hartz IV - Arbeitslose in der Falle - Sanktionsandrohungen - Arbeitslosenstatistik - Frontal 21 - YouTube2018-07-08T15:13:39+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRHGOzUVD9c
asterisk2aHartzIV Hartz-IV DWP JSA sanctions Sanktionen structural unemploymenthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9ef689350db4/Universal credit savaged by public spending watchdog | Society | The Guardian2018-06-15T01:08:26+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/15/universal-credit-savaged-by-public-spending-watchdog-nao
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP JSA ESA Disabled sanctions poverty destitute homelessness Council Tories nasty party Austerityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e928286987e8/No wonder people on benefits live in fear. Supermarkets spy on them now | Jay Watts | Opinion | The Guardian2018-06-01T15:53:18+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/31/benefits-claimants-fear-supermarkets-spy-poor-disabled
asterisk2aDWP JSA Panopticon sanctions mental health UK Austerity prejudice DailyMail Brexit Daily Mail ESA Disabled Gesellschaft Hartz-IV Society Zivilgesellschaft Stasihttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1bdf25efe807/'No one should die penniless and alone': the victims of Britain's harsh welfare sanctions | Society | The Guardian2018-04-23T18:44:12+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/03/victims-britains-harsh-welfare-sanctions?CMP=share_btn_tw
asterisk2aDWP ESA JSA WCA Disabled sanctions UK Austerityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:419a34a450bd/Esther McVey: child tax credit 'rape clause' is opportunity for victims | Politics | The Guardian2018-04-16T22:01:27+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/16/esther-mcvey-child-tax-credit-clause-is-opportunity-for-victims
asterisk2aDWP JSA child tax credit taxcredit UK Austerity nasty party Tories WCA ESA Disabledhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fb37b4e958a5/How language duped us into austerity | Zoe Williams | Opinion | The Guardian2018-03-05T08:37:47+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/16/anguage-austerity-economic-policy
asterisk2aAusterity benefit scroungers DWP JSA ESA UK welfare state Food Bank tax avoidance evasionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:80296fe33f8f/More than a million benefits sanctions imposed on disabled people since 2010 | Society | The Guardian2018-02-18T19:33:57+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/18/disabled-people-million-benefit-sanctions-since-2010
asterisk2aDWP ESA Austerity stigma Disabled prejudice WCA JSA rationing Society Gesellschaft UK Hartz IVhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:7b586224719c/Councils struggling to cope with surge in child protection referrals | Society | The Guardian2018-02-17T12:11:35+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/17/councils-struggling-cope-surge-child-protection-referrals-domestic-violence
asterisk2aUK Austerity Council child protection services DWP ESA JSA homelessness homeless Sociology nasty party Conservative JAM Theresa May Brexithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:cbc88be7e1c8/The Tory blueprint: fund a cruel system, not the disabled people it punishes | Frances Ryan | Opinion | The Guardian2018-02-16T03:20:14+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/14/tory-disabled-people-contractors-benefits
asterisk2aDWP ESA Disabled disability UK Austerity welfare state Tories nasty party Conservative JSA sanctions double standard tax evasion avoidance Sociology Psychology DailyMailhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:628e07cbaa93/Food insecurity: a third of poorest households skip meals, survey finds | Global development | The Guardian2018-01-30T02:00:58+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jan/30/food-insecurity-a-third-of-poorest-households-skip-meals-survey-finds
asterisk2apublic health Austerity Brexit shrinkflation inflation food insecurity UK crisis obesity overweight Cancer diabetes CVD childhood JSA ESA structural unemployment sanctions child tax credit taxcredit subsidies chronic sick population sickcare demand NHShttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6fc91ce46ea6/Tory MP Ben Bradley 'sorry' for blog post about jobless - BBC News2018-01-17T10:36:11+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42712180
asterisk2aeugenics Tories DWP toff Conservative Party nasty structural unemployment JAM Theresa May David Cameron Margaret Thatcher JSA ESAhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3f5761cbe527/(5387) Radio 5's Emma Barnett destroys Tory David Gauke MP on Welfare Policy - YouTube2018-01-12T17:42:25+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYDMxFNtMY0
asterisk2aDWP ESA JSA WCA Austerity rationing UK welfare state sanctions Universal Credithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c59127cf0ba9/‘I regularly see rickets’: diseases of Victorian-era poverty return to UK | Society | The Guardian2017-12-24T20:33:42+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/23/poorer-children-disproportionately-need-hospital-treatment
asterisk2aUK Austerity public health inequality poverty trap neoliberal welfare state NHS food bank foodbank neoliberalism DWP JSA taxcredit working poor chronic sick population prevention A&E GP rationinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d4d4bef4f835/Tory MP cries at universal credit impact speech from Frank Field | Society | The Guardian2017-12-06T06:34:05+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/05/tory-mp-cries-heidi-allen-universal-credit-impact-speech-from-frank-field
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP JSA ESA WCA UK Austerity welfare statehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8296dd573abb/Children's commissioner may consider legal action over Universal Credit - BBC News2017-12-03T01:32:09+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42208424
asterisk2aUniversal Credit poverty trap single-mum single-mom child DWP JSA ESA taxcredit Austerity UK inequality social mobility BAME welfare statehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ff877bc9b383/Inquiry into disability benefits 'deluged' by tales of despair | Society | The Guardian2017-11-28T06:21:37+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/27/inquiry-into-disability-benefits-deluged-by-tales-of-despair
asterisk2aDWP PIP DLA ESA JSA Austerity Universal Credit Disabled mental health welfare state poverty trap NHS WCA deprivation isolation stigma prejudicehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f7eebf5449dd/Landlady left with £9,500 rent arrears by tenant on universal credit | Money | The Guardian2017-11-19T04:37:18+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/nov/18/landlady-9500-rent-arrears-tenant-universal-credit
asterisk2aUniversal Credit social council housing JSA ESA DWP Austerity benefithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6f242e9838a0/Mistakes in benefits claims could cost up to £500m - BBC News2017-11-17T20:25:36+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42012116
asterisk2aDWP ESA Universal Credit Austerity Privatisation JSA welfare state mental health Disabled disabilityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e62da16c45d7/Landlord defends sending eviction letters ahead of universal credit rollout | Society | The Guardian2017-11-15T20:56:12+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/15/landlord-threatens-mass-evictions-ahead-of-universal-credit-rollout
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP JSA UK Austerity welfare state Privatisation WCA ESA poverty traphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5cd2c776c2fe/Labour wins symbolic victory in vote on universal credit - as it happened | Politics | The Guardian2017-10-19T06:50:58+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/oct/18/uks-20bn-brexit-bill-offer-to-eu-is-peanuts-says-european-parliament-chief-politics-live
asterisk2aDWP Universal Credit Austerity Tories Conservative Party nasty Theresa May JSA ESA WCAhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4567cd71b431/Councils fear surge in evictions as universal credit rollout accelerates | Society | The Guardian2017-10-08T19:38:28+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/08/councils-fear-surge-in-evictions-as-universal-credit-rollout-accelerates
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP JSA ESAhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:df92cf4af27a/Halt universal credit or rough sleepers will double, says Burnham | Society | The Guardian2017-10-06T22:31:46+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/06/halt-universal-credit-rough-sleepers-double-andy-burnham
asterisk2aDWP Universal Credit homelessness homeless JSA ESA welfare statehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0248cfd8ace8/Mental health: 10 charts on the scale of the problem - BBC News2017-10-01T16:24:05+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41125009
asterisk2aNHS Society Gesellschaft mental health big pharma GP care demand Austerity CEP STP rationing waiting times treatment delay self-medication coping mechanism chronic stress working poor Precariat poverty trap Deprivation Depression public economic damage prevention Social Media Facebook Instagram well being welfare DWP JSA ESA Selbstdarstellung Consumer unhappy Consumerism consumerist Capitalism Exploitation Scotland England Jeremy Hunt CCG Simon Stevens accountability Theresa May unemployment prejudice stigma Disabledhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:bb1821804f17/Theresa May urged to halt Universal Credit rollout - BBC News2017-09-29T21:57:29+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41433019
asterisk2aUniversal Credit Tories Conservative Party nasty Austerity Theresa May DWP JSA ESA Damian Green UC tax working benefit taxcredithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4ca28813afcd/Chronic ill health among working age population poses 'unsustainable drain' on NHS | HeraldScotland2017-09-28T15:20:19+00:00
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15561038.Long_term_illnesses_among_workers_pose___39_unsustainable_drain__39__on_NHS/
asterisk2aUK Scotland NHS health care demand chronic sick disease population babyboomers baby boomers ageing premature CVD Cancer diabetes obesity overweight pain inflammation demographic bubble England Disabled Council adult social medical advances western diet lifestyle S.A.D. sedentary prevention public intervention GP nanny state self-medication Alcohol junk food fast mental DWP ESA JSA unemployment stresshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:02197e340287/Universal credit is in 'total disarray', says Labour | Society | The Guardian2017-09-16T01:27:34+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/15/universal-credit-total-disarray-labour
asterisk2aDWP JSA Universal Credithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:bc8777c7ddc7/Jobcentres have been stripped of all compassion for young people | Public Leaders Network | The Guardian2017-09-09T20:28:18+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2017/sep/09/jobcentre-dwp-compassion-young-people-homeless-charity-social-services
asterisk2aDWP JSA Privatisation UK Austerityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2b123020f2a9/My job's been called Mickey Mouse probation. I'm now inclined to agree | Public Leaders Network | The Guardian2017-09-02T13:18:33+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2017/sep/02/mickey-mouse-probation-service-officer-privatisation
asterisk2aAusterity Privatisation Social Services Police Council UK crime rehabilitation re-offending DWP JSA mental healthhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ca8bb3b38227/Universal credit rollout should be delayed as it is 'failing too many people' | Society | The Guardian2017-07-07T15:05:57+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/06/universal-credit-rollout-should-be-delayed-as-it-is-failing-too-many-people
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP JSA ESA UK Austerity poverty traphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3673b66483bb/Positive Psychologie - Warum Wohlbefinden wichtig für Leistung ist2017-06-09T19:54:25+00:00
http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/positive-psychologie-warum-wohlbefinden-wichtig-fuer.1008.de.html?dram:article_id=388174
asterisk2aHappiness index Gini Coefficient social income mobility poverty trap working poor productivity output gap sick days mental health well being UBI Universal Basic Existenzangst Hartz-IV JSA sanctions Sanktionen DWP underemployed zero hour contract Leiharbeit Zeitarbeit leisure time Skidelsky enlightenment post-enlightenment Facebook Instagram Media burnout FOMO YOLO YouTube Selbstdarstellung Selbstfürsorge deprivation attainment education policy Selbstentfaltung Food Bank FoodBank living standard Consumerism Consumer Materialism Materialismus Kapitalismus capitalism neoliberal neoliberalism Philosophy Sociology Alain de Botton exploitation Precariat democracy no Representation book Müdigkeitsgesellschaft GE2017 Jeremy Corbyn Bernie Sanders Revolutionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ff9dd619b4e0/'Why I went to court for my disability payments' - BBC News2017-05-04T01:25:26+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39745403
asterisk2aDWP JSA ESA Austerity UK Disabledhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2b67a4fe8f00/More NHS mental health patients treated privately - BBC News2017-04-20T22:26:04+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39534532
asterisk2aNHS Austerity STP A&E GP mental health rationing Tories Conservative Party nasty Jeremy Hunt Simon Stevens JAM well being public economics Theresa May David Cameron George Osborne welfare state DWP JSA ESA Disabledhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:59a26c1417fc/The Body Economic: why austerity kills - YouTube2017-04-18T04:57:12+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkfsCZZraoo
asterisk2apublic health economics Austerity DWP ESA WCA mental NHS STP rationing JSA sanctions Food Bank prevention HIV AIDS Greece welfare state poverty trap social mobilityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9736e8ab7d90/Thousands on 50p-a-week housing benefit - BBC Panorama - BBC News2017-04-05T05:20:17+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39484897
asterisk2aAusterity DWP UK child tax credit benefit housing welfare state JSA Universal ESAhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:012e05882075/Shami Chakrabarti: austerity is a feminist issue – video | Opinion | The Guardian2017-03-22T22:00:19+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2017/mar/08/shami-chakrabarti-austerity-is-a-feminist-issue-video
asterisk2aAusterity welfare state tax credit child poverty single mother BAME trap working poor UK Precariat deprivation George Osborne part-time Aufstocker ALG2 inequality Feminism feminist NHS STP mental health well being social mobility income DWP JSA Tories nasty party Conservative Theresa May JAM David Cameron Iain Duncan Smith IDS fuel zero hour contract carehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:643d4e247453/Mhairi Black: benefit sanctions don't work. And Westminster knows it – video | Opinion | The Guardian2017-03-22T21:57:20+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2017/mar/22/mhairi-black-benefit-sanctions-dont-work-and-westminster-knows-it-video
asterisk2aDWP JSA ESA poverty trap Food Bank UK Austerity welfare state mental health well being Hartz4 HartzIV sanctions hardship homelessness homeless stigma prejudice nasty party Conservative Iain Duncan Smith Tories Deprivation destitute child fuel Aufstocker ALG2 David Cameron George Osborne social mobility working poor Precariat immigration Brexit Privatisation JAM Theresa Mayhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:80d609d7fdff/Where did all the GCSE pupils go – and why has no one noticed? | Education | The Guardian2017-03-21T17:35:32+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/21/gcse-pupils-secondary-schools-lost-ofsted
asterisk2aUK education policy Austerity Ofsted GCSE PISA attainment gap NEET Tories Conservative Party nasty skills Brexit welfare state College JSA dropout University structural unemployment social mobility poverty trap child Precariat drugs radicalisation Islam accounting statistics petty crime Secondary league table staff shortage burnout overworked JAM Theresa May David Cameron George Osbornehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5b568ec7c679/James O'Brien vs zero hours contracts - YouTube2017-03-19T16:34:21+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgBm2VrDFZI
asterisk2aZero Hour Contract UK self-regulation crony capitalism profit maximisation workers trade union DWP JSA part-time recovery neoliberalism regulation regulators Tories Conservative Party nasty JAM Theresa May Philip Hammond tax credit burnout well being mental health coping mechanism self-medication on-demand Uber Platform UBI Universal Basic Income Grundeinkommen Aufstocker ALG2 working poor Precariat poverty downward social mobilityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b0d769fdc3d5/Budget 2017: £2bn for social care and tax rise for self-employed - BBC News2017-03-08T23:49:52+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39196579
asterisk2aHMRC Philip Hammond Theresa May Tories Conservative Party nasty budget Brexit NHS National Insurance NI adult social care elderly self-employment tax evasion avoidance Council Austerity ageing population demographic bubble chronic sick health demand Generationengerechtigkeit Triple Lock Pension Trickle-down Housing Benefit Crisis education policy IMF homelessness homeless inequality technological unemployment mobility welfare state child poverty downward income trap gini Coefficient Disabled JAM DWP JSA ESA working poor squeezed middle class Precariat zero hour contract part-time PFIhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d0a2ca9a5adf/Homelessness expected to rise further as Government scraps housing benefit for young people | The Independent2017-03-05T15:25:04+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/housing-benefit-young-people-18-21-scrapped-universal-credit-exemptions-a7610581.html
asterisk2aUK DWP Austerity Housing Benefit Council Tories generation rent nasty party Conservative Disabled ESA destitution JSA sanctions social mobility poverty trap Food Bank income education policy Theresa May Philip Hammond Iain Duncan Smith minimum wage living standard growth child working poor squeezed middle class Precariat Gini Coefficient CEO pay tax evasion avoidance corporation corporatism bailout crony capitalism neoliberalism Damian Green Germany Rentnerrepublik babyboomers inequality Generationengerechtigkeit generational divide JAMhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d8998f4d2dac/IFS: Growth in UK living standards worst in 60 years | Business | The Guardian2017-03-02T14:21:15+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/02/ifs-growth-uk-living-standards-worst-in-60-years-pensions-poverty-budget
asterisk2aIMF UK Austerity OECD living standard George Osborne David Cameron Philip Hammond Theresa May GFC recovery Tories nasty party bank bailout Labour Ed Miliband Jeremy Corbyn Conservative secular stagnation disposable income discretionary spending household debt credit card mortgage private Consumer Consumerism wage growth inflation mobility inequality gini Coefficient poverty trap working poor gig economy zero hour contract Self-Employment part-time Precariat squeezed middle class technological unemployment ZIRP NIRP QE trickle-down neoliberalism crony Capitalism corporatism tax evasion avoidance GDP Corporate profit maximisation globalisation globalization welfare underinvestment child taxation taxcredit UC DWP JSA social fuel Brexit neoconservatism neoconservatives JAMhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f5274fcdfe4d/Anger over Tory cuts to disability benefit payments (From The National)2017-02-28T23:29:47+00:00
http://www.thenational.scot/news/15121428.Anger_over_Tory_cuts_to_disability_benefit_payments/
asterisk2aDWP ESA JSA Disabled Tory Austerity mental health nasty party Conservative Theresa May NHS public prejudice Stigmahttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6b84287e6466/One ‘not really disabled’ man has won against the system. I’m not celebrating | Aditya Chakrabortty | Opinion | The Guardian2017-02-28T17:52:57+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/28/not-really-disabled-man-benefits-appeals-process
asterisk2aESA DWP JSA WCA Privatisation Austerity Disabled mental health public Food Bank Tories nasty party Conservative well being chronichttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:29c7421d525d/MPs launch official inquiry into universal credit as criticism grows | Society | The Guardian2017-02-23T09:28:29+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/22/mps-launch-official-inquiry-universal-credit-benefits
asterisk2aUniversal Credit DWP Poverty JSA ESA No Representation nasty party Tories Conservativehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2ccc744f7f57/Duncan Smith's flagship Universal Credit policy is an epic fail - YouTube2017-02-12T12:27:55+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKgc0mSCs4g
asterisk2aIain Duncan Smith DWP UC JSA ESA nasty party Tories Conservativehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:723b59711a55/UK faces return to inequality of Thatcher years, says report | Business | The Guardian2017-02-01T07:03:30+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/31/theresa-may-inequality-margaret-thatcher-resolution-foundation
asterisk2aUK Brexit Austerity tax credit Tories JAM nasty party Conservative poverty fuel working poor Precariat zero hour contract Contractor Self-Employment gig Economy 1099 part-time social mobility income distribution redistribution squeezed middle class technological unemployment underemployed underemployment trap education policy public health inequality Food Bank gini Coefficient Triple Lock Pension JSA ESA DWP minimum wage taxation evasion avoidance HMRC NHS inflation living standard disposable discretionary spending Card consumer debt household underinvestment skills skill-biased Productivity output gap downward upward Theresa May George Osborne David Cameron Philip Hammondhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:34101234c71c/We will reduce stigma around mental illness, says Theresa May | Politics | The Guardian2017-01-09T05:49:50+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/09/we-will-reduce-stigma-mental-illness-theresa-may
asterisk2aNHS CAMHS Austerity mental health UK Theresa May Jeremy Hunt Simon Stevens BPD CPTSD DWP JSA ESA stigma prejudicehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9fa927922afa/Der Hartz 4 Faschismus - YouTube2016-12-24T15:30:21+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g4euoB1M6c
asterisk2ahartz-IV DWP JSA ESA Agenda 2010 Germany UK ALG2 ALGhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:51e756c7c7c2/No 10 rules out forcing obese people to undergo treatment to get benefits | Society | The Guardian2016-12-05T19:28:54+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/05/report-rejects-forcing-obese-people-to-have-treatment-to-receive-benefits
asterisk2aDWP JSA ESA sanction obesity overweight addiction substance abuse self-medicationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5c105f9f8e03/Gig economy threatens government finances, says May adviser | Business | The Guardian2016-11-30T18:08:25+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/30/gig-economy-threatens-government-finances-says-may-adviser
asterisk2aSelf-Employment Uber Deliveroo tax avoidance NHS evasion pension Precarious work working poor Gig Economy 1099 UK budget HMRC technological unemployment JSA DWP Platform Capitalism minimum wagehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:948030bf617e/'Limited evidence' for benefit sanctions, NAO says - BBC News2016-11-30T05:40:30+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38152401
asterisk2aJSA sanctions ESA DWP structural unemployment mental health technological UK welfare statehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:590bf7ecef0e/Theresa May's social justice means cuts to the incomes of the poor - YouTube2016-11-29T05:04:05+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N58v-5x8Io
asterisk2aJSA ESA JAM working poor poverty child downward mobility DWP Theresa May Austerity Brexit Universal Credit Tax Damian Green Iain Duncan Smith George Osborne Philip Hammond David Cameron part-time underemployed underemployment technological unemployment structural welfarehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b9294027503c/What is it like to be 'just about managing'? - BBC News2016-11-23T05:06:01+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38051748
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