Yet more price rises while the rich still profit
As we said in our recent article, Food, rent or heat? Fight back against rising prices, the current wave of massive price rises
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Universal Credit
Food, rent or heat? Fight back against rising prices!
The current and previous governments’ have made continual attacks on the poorest and most powerless sections of the UK population. The rise of
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Johnson plans to remove £20 boost to Universal Credit
The Johnson regime says that it will get rid of the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit in autumn. The work and
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Enough is Enough – Scrap Universal Credit now!
The Covid-19 lockdown in Britain has doubled the number of people forced to claim Universal Credit to 2.9 million. This does not include
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Atossers!
A comrade talks about his dealings with Atos assessment centres… I have had the harrowing experience of visiting Atos assessment centres on two
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Updated: Universal Credit staff to strike
PCS union members in Universal Credit have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action over workloads and staff recruitment. 274 staff were balloted for
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Universal Credit and Basic Income
Coincidence? On the same weekend the BBC finally screened Ken Loach’s harrowing “I Daniel Blake”, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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The Labour Party and Universal Credit
Those of us who’ve been around awhile will know the old Labour Party trick of trying to sound all radical when out of
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Universal Credit? Universal Household Debt
There are now 870,000 claimants for Universal Credit, the Government’s new flagship welfare scheme. By the end of 2018 the plan is for
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