http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share.html
I had a black dog, his name was depression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc
Nigel
Monday, 20 January 2014
Welcoming The Black Dog
Andrew Solomon: Depression, the secret we share
http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share.html
I had a black dog, his name was depression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc
Nigel
http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share.html
I had a black dog, his name was depression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc
Nigel
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Read It And Weep 11
*****RIAW 10, here: RIAW 9, here: RIAW 8, here: RIAW 7, here: RIAW 6, here:
RIAW 5, here: RIAW 4, here: RIAW 3, here: RIAW 2, here: RIAW 1, here.*****
RIAW 5, here: RIAW 4, here: RIAW 3, here: RIAW 2, here: RIAW 1, here.*****
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Forced Labour (WP/WF/WCA), Welfare, Entitlements and General
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AT LEAST 100k a year hit by highest-level benefit sanctions
Draft Deregulation Bill: Government moves to shut down judicial supervision and criticism of DWP-Atos decision making
Work Test Whistleblower: Are Atos About To Drop The WCA Contract?
Workfare is already here. Nobody told the Taxpayers’ Alliance
Force claimants to work for benefits, government urged
‘Work for the Dole’
‘Work for the dole’ is a poor show
New attempt to demean benefit claimants launched by right-wing loonies
Working and workless households 2013 statistics – with Inclusion’s focus on lone parent employment rates
Result of WCA consultations
Food Banks Grow and Grow
DWP has stopped refering desperate people to food banks, claims charity | Political Scrapbook
Attitudes of different generations to the welfare system
‘Poverty porn’? Who benefits from documentaries on Recession Britain?
London Homelessness Soars In First Three Months of Benefit Cap
Why is the Labour Party in bed with a RIGHT-wing thinktank?
Government admits ‘hiding’ benefit cap stats
Why Iain Duncan Smith is no longer a quiet man but a dangerous one | Marina Hyde
Referred to a psychologist - for wanting to record Jobcentre interviews
Growth is an illusion. What we’ve got is a more widely spread falling national average income
What were Iain Duncan Smith’s ‘welfare reforms’ really about? | Sue Marsh
*****
Universal Credit
AT LEAST 100k a year hit by highest-level benefit sanctions
Draft Deregulation Bill: Government moves to shut down judicial supervision and criticism of DWP-Atos decision making
Work Test Whistleblower: Are Atos About To Drop The WCA Contract?
Workfare is already here. Nobody told the Taxpayers’ Alliance
Force claimants to work for benefits, government urged
‘Work for the Dole’
‘Work for the dole’ is a poor show
New attempt to demean benefit claimants launched by right-wing loonies
Working and workless households 2013 statistics – with Inclusion’s focus on lone parent employment rates
Result of WCA consultations
Food Banks Grow and Grow
DWP has stopped refering desperate people to food banks, claims charity | Political Scrapbook
Attitudes of different generations to the welfare system
‘Poverty porn’? Who benefits from documentaries on Recession Britain?
London Homelessness Soars In First Three Months of Benefit Cap
Why is the Labour Party in bed with a RIGHT-wing thinktank?
Government admits ‘hiding’ benefit cap stats
Why Iain Duncan Smith is no longer a quiet man but a dangerous one | Marina Hyde
Referred to a psychologist - for wanting to record Jobcentre interviews
Growth is an illusion. What we’ve got is a more widely spread falling national average income
What were Iain Duncan Smith’s ‘welfare reforms’ really about? | Sue Marsh
*****
Universal Credit
*****
NAO report on Universal Credit
Will Universal Credit ever work? – NAO report
CPAG statement on NAO report on Universal Credit
Universal Credit, “Slight Delay” as Report Dams “Weak Management, Ineffective Control and Poor Governance.”
Making Universal Credit work, and making work pay
Billions To Be Spent On Bullshit - The Sorry Tale Of Universal Credit
Numbers in a twist, Mr Duncan Smith? – Comment – Voices – The Independent
Alistair Darling: I was warned that Universal Credit would be unworkable
The verdict: Universal Credit is a Governmental Disgrace
Duncan Smith can’t avoid the blame for the Universal Credit disaster
Why does truth on Universal Credit emerge only now?
Universal Credit And Zero Hours Contracts - A Car Crash Waiting To Happen
Universal Credit shambles uncovered in new report
*****
NAO report on Universal Credit
Will Universal Credit ever work? – NAO report
CPAG statement on NAO report on Universal Credit
Universal Credit, “Slight Delay” as Report Dams “Weak Management, Ineffective Control and Poor Governance.”
Making Universal Credit work, and making work pay
Billions To Be Spent On Bullshit - The Sorry Tale Of Universal Credit
Numbers in a twist, Mr Duncan Smith? – Comment – Voices – The Independent
Alistair Darling: I was warned that Universal Credit would be unworkable
The verdict: Universal Credit is a Governmental Disgrace
Duncan Smith can’t avoid the blame for the Universal Credit disaster
Why does truth on Universal Credit emerge only now?
Universal Credit And Zero Hours Contracts - A Car Crash Waiting To Happen
Universal Credit shambles uncovered in new report
*****
Universal Jobmatch
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*****
Nigel
Monday, 2 September 2013
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Read It And Weep 10
*****RIAW 9, here: RIAW 8, here: RIAW 7, here: RIAW 6, here: RIAW 5, here:
RIAW 4, here: RIAW 3, here: RIAW 2, here: RIAW 1, here.*****
RIAW 4, here: RIAW 3, here: RIAW 2, here: RIAW 1, here.*****
*****
Forced Labour (WP/WF/WCA), Welfare, Entitlements and General
*****
Timetable of Forthcoming Welfare Benefit Changes
Four stages of deceit
Stop Helping Me, Iain
Unemployment and the Work Ethic
In All Fairness...
I'm proud of our welfare reforms (Guardian)
Iain Duncan Smith - true to form
Supporting vulnerable people back into society requires time, patience and commitment, not punitive measures
Sanctions: hitting the most vulnerable
Government MUST Tell Public The Truth About Benefits Fraud
Only one problem with the government’s list of top ten benefits fraudsters – it doesn’t exist
Every local council got every bedroom tax decision legally and badly wrong
Most families hit by benefits cap 'have no job or housing options'
Benefit Cap Based On Bare-Faced Lie
Labour to substantially cut benefits bill if it wins power in 2015 (Guardian)
Ed Miliband: We WILL Scrap Hated Bedroom Tax
Three More Remploy Factories To Close
Report Calls For Expansion Of Residential Workfare For Unemployed and Disabled People
Outsourcing Jobcentre Plus - the first steps?
They've got away with it
Work Programme figures - fail!
Work Programme official statistics (GOV.UK)
Desperately spinning
STOP PRESS - contradictory figures
Number Of Young Jobless Higher Than When Coalition Came To Power
Why Osborne must publish the names of every benefits claimant - and how much we pay them: An incendiary idea to save on our £500m A DAY welfare bill (Daily Mail)
DWP minister Hoban gets JSA amount WRONG - and jobseeking unaffordable
*****
Universal Credit
Timetable of Forthcoming Welfare Benefit Changes
Four stages of deceit
Stop Helping Me, Iain
Unemployment and the Work Ethic
In All Fairness...
I'm proud of our welfare reforms (Guardian)
Iain Duncan Smith - true to form
Supporting vulnerable people back into society requires time, patience and commitment, not punitive measures
Sanctions: hitting the most vulnerable
Government MUST Tell Public The Truth About Benefits Fraud
Only one problem with the government’s list of top ten benefits fraudsters – it doesn’t exist
Every local council got every bedroom tax decision legally and badly wrong
Most families hit by benefits cap 'have no job or housing options'
Benefit Cap Based On Bare-Faced Lie
Labour to substantially cut benefits bill if it wins power in 2015 (Guardian)
Ed Miliband: We WILL Scrap Hated Bedroom Tax
Three More Remploy Factories To Close
Report Calls For Expansion Of Residential Workfare For Unemployed and Disabled People
Outsourcing Jobcentre Plus - the first steps?
They've got away with it
Work Programme figures - fail!
Work Programme official statistics (GOV.UK)
Desperately spinning
STOP PRESS - contradictory figures
Number Of Young Jobless Higher Than When Coalition Came To Power
Why Osborne must publish the names of every benefits claimant - and how much we pay them: An incendiary idea to save on our £500m A DAY welfare bill (Daily Mail)
DWP minister Hoban gets JSA amount WRONG - and jobseeking unaffordable
*****
Universal Credit
*****
Universal Credit: Roll out from October 2013 (GOV.UK)
'Claimant Commitment' sanction threat falls on jobseekers; blundering DWP staff get away with murder
Universal Credit ‘claimant commitment’: no choice, no law, no money – no appeal
Universal Credit IT working well claims DWP
Digital By Default Abandoned In Universal Credit Pathfinder Fiasco
Universal Credit … The Farce Continues
Universal Credit Too Risky, Admits Tory Minister
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Universal Credit: Roll out from October 2013 (GOV.UK)
'Claimant Commitment' sanction threat falls on jobseekers; blundering DWP staff get away with murder
Universal Credit ‘claimant commitment’: no choice, no law, no money – no appeal
Universal Credit IT working well claims DWP
Digital By Default Abandoned In Universal Credit Pathfinder Fiasco
Universal Credit … The Farce Continues
Universal Credit Too Risky, Admits Tory Minister
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