I forgot to inform but the Welfare Reform Bill has received Royal Assent.
Lord Freud said he wouldn’t push the issue of the Commons overturning his amendment on benefit sanctions as it had “become a political game for the Government”.
The Bill received assent on the 12th November, the 13th would have been a more apt day to have received it!
Welcome to a world of sanctions, stigmatisation, vilification, misery, penalisation, conditionality…. and workfare.
Welcome to the workhouse.
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Oh dear.
So depressing, but sadly unsurprising. Constant attacks on the poor sells newspapers and, it seems, gets the ignoramus vote.
Indeed BoB.
Hi, I’m new to this blog. I’ve been aware of the welfare reform bill’s progress in the past months and I find it sickening how something like this quietly slips in the back door while the media deliberately mentions nothing about it and instead attracts our attention to remote wars we are in for unknown reasons. As a result, most people don’t even know these reforms are taking place, let alone think they can do anything to stop them. We’ve got to spread awareness. So far I haven’t managed to find any groups campaigning about this in the ipswich area, but if you know any, please reply.
1984, have a look at Intensive Activity, they are based in Ipswich.
http://intensiveactivity.wordpress.com/
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