All these tories justifying cuts to the welfare of our most vulnerable because "we spend more on welfare than on defence" like that is another sacred metric. Surely I'm not alone in thinking that spending more on keeping people alive than on spent killing people is a good thing?.
Last time I checked, it wasn't the disabled who looted Britain's pension funds, illegally sacked entire workforces, invaded Middle East countries or pushed the NHS waiting list up to eight million
Why not subject House of Lords attendance allowance to a means test? Why should multimillionaires get £361 a day just for showing up when the government is cutting benefits for the disabled?
The right wing think tank, Policy Exchange, has released a big report today recommending young people on PIP “be required to look for work, to volunteer or be engaged in training.” Only one problem: PIP is not an out of work benefit.
https://t.co/L6OteZbcxN
There is no such thing as economic inactivity.
Everyone has to interact with the economy to survive.
They are manufacturing consent to starve the sick and disabled into unsuitable work that doesn't exist.
https://t.co/tcrINMgBBy
England's Environment Agency didn't fine water companies for 465 cases of illegal sewage dumping. Another 154 under investigation.
Southern Water was the worst offender.
Light touch regulation always encourages abuses.
People continue to be fleeced.
https://t.co/UCBbRebuhP
Hospital league tables are a disastrous idea.
You do not improve standards by shaming hard-working NHS staff, damaging morale and adding unnecessary stress.
We should support - not scapegoat - our medics. That means giving them the resources they need to provide care for all.
The Sun can say what it likes about Lineker. But Lineker never ran an entirely fictitious front-page story accusing Liverpool fans of picking the pockets of corpses.
Charles Windsor is to open two 'food distribution hubs' that will ensure the poor get to eat supermarket produce nearing its sell-by date. A veritable Marie Antoinette moment for the twenty-first century.