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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Universal Credit: DWP publicity stunt backfires
DWP Secretary Amber Rudd is determined to be Boris Johnson’s running mate in the imminent Tory leadership campaign. Her fragile 346 vote majority
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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 staff ballot for strike
DWP workers at two service centres in the West Midlands are being balloted for strike action to take place on two days in
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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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London Meeting: Class Struggle in the Care System, 13th Jan
Struggling to Care: Class Struggle in the Care System. The meeting will include discussions on topics of mental health, Universal Credit and social
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