Today I saw three things happen at the Jobcentre. It’s a bit weird that this happened just after I finally launched the ebook. I wasn’t trying to observe anything, it was just a routine interview. I wasn’t even expecting to see anything because my advisor is fine and so, if I were the sort of personContinue reading “Job Centre Refuses To Let Man Make New Benefits Claim And Sanctions Woman By Mistake”
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How Jobcentres bully the disabled and set up fake JSA sanctions
Originally published as ‘Revealed: Inhumane Treatment Of Disabled And Poor By UK’s Department For Work And Pension’ on Mint Press News on 9/10/14. The Department for Work and Pension’s unfair treatment of disabled claimants has been widely reported. There was the ex-RAF serviceman who was found fit to work even though he has to carryContinue reading “How Jobcentres bully the disabled and set up fake JSA sanctions”
Job Centre Mole: The Second Interview
First published on Guerilla Policy on 20/3/14. In November 2013 I interviewed the DWP whistleblower known as the Jobcentre Mole, who used Twitter to expose corruption and advise DWP victims. In the interview the Mole revealed the existence of sanctions bonuses and competition between JobCentres to sanction the most people. Now another whistleblower who tweetsContinue reading “Job Centre Mole: The Second Interview”
Stigmatising the unemployed
As I’ve written in earlier posts, the Tories stigmatised lone mothers in the 1990s, blaming them for the economy and portraying them as irresponsible, undeserving benefit cheats. Right now, they’re doing the exact same thing to people who are claiming state benefits – despite the fact that 93% of Housing Benefit claimants are in workingContinue reading “Stigmatising the unemployed”
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