Grandad, 62, Battered By Six-Foot Security Guard

A grandad of 62 was attacked by a muscle-bound security watchdog after he took his disabled wife for a benefits assessment. Keith Langham was left with blood pouring from a head injury after helping his wife Karen, 61, with the interview for her Personal Independence Payments. She was told that people like her ‘needed toContinue reading “Grandad, 62, Battered By Six-Foot Security Guard”

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The Government Has Stolen Our Money

Sofa-surfing and queuing for the food bank are not where a generation of women who are now in their 60s ever predicted after a lifetime of active work and child-rearing. But since the Government shifted the goalposts, twice, adjusting the age at which women born in the 1950s could claim their state pension, more andContinue reading “The Government Has Stolen Our Money”

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The DWP Is Accused Of Hiding Secret Reports

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has contravened the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) in an apparent effort to block the release of secret reports, and in 2017, the DWP began recruiting community partners to work in jobcentres. It endeavoured to recruit around 200 of them, represented by the DWP as people with personalContinue reading “The DWP Is Accused Of Hiding Secret Reports”

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The Idea That Corbyn Is An Antisemite Is, Quite Frankly…

It’s very important for Jews to go out on the streets of London. There were loads of Jews who were refugees, some came on the kinder transport and most Jews for most of their life have lived with European antisemitism and its consequences. Many of them thanked Britain for letting them in and aspired toContinue reading “The Idea That Corbyn Is An Antisemite Is, Quite Frankly…”

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Mum Forced To Find Work After Son’s Death

A mum who lost her son to a genetic condition when he was only two-years-old has set up a charity to support others. Nikke Hewitt depended on Disability Living Allowance and Carers’ Allowance to survive while giving round the clock care for Edward ‘Teddy’ Hewitt. When he tragically died the allowances also stopped, leaving herContinue reading “Mum Forced To Find Work After Son’s Death”

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Feel Free To Insult Me

There’s a rational and well-intentioned drive to contain offensive factors in society which has produced a culture of exceptional dogmatic and testing strength, it’s what you might call the new narrow-mindedness. It’s a distinct, and powerful want to suppress the uncomfortable voice of descent. Many people say they’re not narrow-minded, say the softly spoken man,Continue reading “Feel Free To Insult Me”

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Frail Granddad, 96, Dumped

A fragile 96-year-old grandad was dumped at his home by a hospital driver with no-one to care for him, and it was Cliff Schofield’s horrified daughter Jane who found him slumped in a chair still wearing his hospital clothes. It’s utterly sickening, surely this hospital driver had a duty of care for this person heContinue reading “Frail Granddad, 96, Dumped”

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Social worker Sacked After Facebook Rants

A social worker handling cases in North East Lincolnshire has been dismissed after posting Facebook remarks reprimanding parents, children and her bosses. Joanne Thomas posted repeatedly about her work in public posts including ruinous remarks about her casework and delicate information about families she was dealing with. In one post on her public Facebook feed,Continue reading “Social worker Sacked After Facebook Rants”

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