More than a thousand sickness benefit claimants died last year after being told to get a job, we can reveal. We’ve highlighted worries about the controversial medical tests for people claiming Employment Support Allowance which are being used to slash the country’s … Continue reading
By Mo Stewart Whilst the Prime Minister employs talented script writers, and waxes lyrically about the nation’s concerns for our most vulnerable people, the reality is that the medical tyranny used to assess anyone claiming sickness or disability benefits has, … Continue reading
GP applied for job with Atos assessing whether benefit applicants were fit for work, and secretly filmed his training Continue reading
Big banks have been caught in a massive scam to rig interest rates, ripping off millions of people on their mortgages, student loans and more! We’d go to jail for this, but Barclays bank has only been fined a tiny … Continue reading
No one seems to be concerned that hugely profitable private firms are forcing thousands into borderline destitution Continue reading
Details of the obscene sum paid to the head of French firm Atos come as David Cameron draws up draconian new welfare cuts The fatcat boss of a firm hired to help slash the benefits bill has won a bonus … Continue reading
In all the debate about jubilee stewards sleeping under bridges, one big fact is being overlooked – Britain’s army of unpaid labour is growing bigger each month Continue reading
Single mother Shanene Thorpe was squeezed by the BBC into a caricature: shameless scrounger When someone starts talking about “political violence”, you usually know what that means. It means nightsticks, kettling and riot cops massing in the streets like giant … Continue reading
Three ways to stop potential corruption as ex-ministers and civil servants move to the private sector Repeated scandals in recent years have shown that the so-called revolving door between the public and private sectors is spinning out of control and … Continue reading
An activist is planning the “greatest act of civil disobedience of our time” at this summer’s Olympics, writes Benedict Moore-Bridger in The Evening Standard, 29 March 2012 Kerry-anne Mendoza promises resistance to the corporate Neoliberal Games – sponsored by the likes of AtoS and … Continue reading
By Pete Papaherakles Iceland is showing the world what real independence from the bankers means. The Nordic island has become the first country to criminally charge a world leader as a result of the 2008 economic crisis. Former Prime Minister … Continue reading
The family of a Government Minister whose department has covered up details of who receives EU farm subsidies has earned £2 million from the same payouts. Richard Benyon is one of the richest MPs in Parliament. The great-great-grandson of three-times … Continue reading
