tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31108119130615954872024-03-05T18:36:32.424+01:00Welfare-Life-ReformedA site about the consequences of welfare reform, politics, life and artSassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-57082630724286788042015-08-01T17:41:00.002+02:002015-08-01T17:41:57.292+02:00Feeling Worthless? - Agnes Török Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-34468746765364068292015-07-30T12:53:00.000+02:002015-07-30T18:53:58.150+02:00Care Cap Scrap Crap
The care cap plans are being put on hold until 2020 we read in the Guardian Newspaper this week: http://www.theguardian.com/society/older-people
I've been commenting under Guardian articles about this issue from the beginning until I'm blue in the face, but it bears repeating; the following is pretty much what I commented on underneath the article as 'clarebelz'.
I sense that the Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-52791073604368054732015-07-09T11:17:00.001+02:002015-07-10T18:52:39.505+02:00A Left Wing Tosspot Thick Bitch: That's Me!It's hard to know where to start really, but watch this video then I'll tell you more:
Iain Duncan Smith pumps his fists as George Osborne announces new national 'living wage'
This was my response, and then please read the comments to my response:
"Pathetic: both the announcement, and the pumping of fists by IDS: it is
nothing to be proud of.
70 pence an hour raise of the Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-79433843947695970342015-07-08T16:14:00.003+02:002015-07-08T16:14:45.378+02:00Balls to the Budget
Balls to the Budget
(apparently #ballstothebudget if you want to comment, but I don't do Twitter)
Short one. Lets look at what the Office for Budget Resposibility said about the :
"Loosing the squeeze on public services spending funded by welfare cuts,
net tax increases and three years of higher government borrowing - that
is the budget verdict of the Office for Budget Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-89310998707381447062015-07-08T15:53:00.002+02:002015-07-08T15:53:19.550+02:00Statistics, Statistics and Damned Lies?
Statistics, Statistics, and Damned Lies?
I just realise that I never posted this last year (been a bad one):
Amidst the row between the government and a charity who was trying to highlight poverty in the UK, I came across some strange figures. Please forgive me if I'm not cognisant with regard to how unemployment and employment figures work, but when the head of this charity Ben Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-51535464794752180002015-07-08T13:57:00.002+02:002015-07-08T19:33:15.338+02:00The Benefit Cap Already Costs the Tax Payer 1 Billion: A Tale of 'Larger Families'.
The Benefit Cap Already Costs the Tax Payer 1 Billion: A Tale of 'Larger Families'.
Long post, but apart from the ethics, learn why the country hasn't saved a penny from all of the changes in benefits (and this post only deals with housing).
Let
me tell you a story. A few years ago, my friend's partner was made
redundant from his long term job (lets call them Julia and John).
They hadSassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-68133365424019884822015-06-30T18:15:00.001+02:002015-06-30T18:15:20.361+02:00Letter a Day: The first casualty of war is truth and the war on the poor is about to escalate. This fellow has sent a letter to 10 Downing Street since the 'cons' came to power 5 years ago; always a good read and eminently salient:
http://www.keithordinaryguy.org.uk/
The first casualty of war is truth and the war on the poor is about to escalate.
21
Jun
Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-89418995269423903182015-06-29T14:35:00.002+02:002015-06-29T14:35:57.423+02:00Fear and Loathing
I haven't
written anything on this blog now for some years now. To be frank, I
was in fear of what might happen if I continued to write about
welfare reform or anything else. As to why I was in fear, take a look
at this blog and the documents that are linked to it:
https://kittysjones.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-51905829348650789862014-06-12T09:32:00.002+02:002014-06-12T09:32:10.802+02:00Meet The Modern Day Robin Hoods, Who Take From The Bins To Feed Those In Need From the Huffington Post: what amazing people!!
It is estimated that some half a million Brits are turning to food banks to feed their families. But all the while, the very same country is producing around 15 million tonnes of food waste each year. Is it me or is something just not adding up?
But one organisation - known as The Real Junk Food Project - has put two and two together and are Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-57448710659138246262014-06-10T19:17:00.001+02:002014-06-10T19:17:29.178+02:00Suicide jobseeker Martin Hadfield wanted to launch own gardening firm before his tragic deathAnother death; I've decided to start reporting them (original source: Daily Mirror):
Tragic Martin Hadfield, who killed himself in despair after being unable
to find a job, was talking with his dad about setting up a family
gardening team
Tragic Martin Hadfield, who killed himself in despair after being unable to find a job
, was looking to branch out on his own before his death, his Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-52836726683945449652013-05-02T11:12:00.002+02:002013-05-02T11:21:13.395+02:00Well Feared: How Do You Live Without Money?
This is a question I've had to ask myself because of the increasing number of disability claimants that are having their benefits stopped after ESA reassessment and who wish to appeal the outcome.
I was initially basing this post on the information I've gathered about how I would cope if this was to happen, which I will address later in another blog, but I came across this article in the Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-77309711445813360762013-05-01T17:44:00.002+02:002013-05-01T19:08:13.300+02:00Well Feared: Open Your Curtains You Loser!
'Open your curtains you loser!!!': yes, that was what someone screamed outside my house at around 9.45am last Saturday morning; no doubt, I'm not the only person who has experienced this in recent years. But, why did that person shout this? What reasons could he possibly have for behaving in such a manner? Many believe it comes down to government propaganda, specifically statements released Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-11550546719357768522013-04-26T12:36:00.001+02:002013-04-26T12:37:59.333+02:00Welfare Without Funds
I read a disabled bloggers account in the Huffington Post today of the financial hardship disabled people face (Financial Burden of Ill Health). As I indicated the other day, I would give an update on how my reassessed care package is working out for me, as it's directly the cause, along with the bedroom tax, of depriving me of disability income meant to fund all kinds of things as Elaine BentonSassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-39146695527339493932013-04-23T19:29:00.000+02:002013-04-24T00:14:43.762+02:00Welfare: Mental Health v Physical Health (I am not crazy...)
It's a long time since I posted; I basically lost heart after a care reassessment that wasn't signed off until my books were audited in January. That meant the process took 6 months in total. After that stressful period, extreme fatigue kicked in. I'll write a different post about the consequences of the care assessment at a later date. First I want to raise the issue of how mental health issuesSassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-77107105142098906672012-09-14T14:48:00.001+02:002012-09-14T15:06:09.491+02:00Fairwell Wellfear Care Update: Challenging That Decision!
When I first built this blog not so long ago, I thought it would be a new start for me. For 2 1/2 years from when I was forced to give up my professional work, I had let the fear of welfare reform dominate my every day thinking processes to such an extent that I couldn't really function psychologically and creatively like clarebelz functions.
Physically, most days are either very bad or Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-3384050887755382072012-07-10T13:07:00.001+02:002012-09-14T15:05:46.162+02:00Farewell Welfare Care: 'Personal Annhialation'
I'm sure that most would agree that it's good to see disabled people out and about, having a good time and enjoying themselves. That's what 'personalised budgets' are supposed to do so that disabled people aren't stuck in their homes 24/7. In fact, two years ago, Paul
Burstow the Minister for Care announced in the 'Guardian Newspaper' that the government were going to extend the 'Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-37416341372072221492012-07-05T19:32:00.001+02:002012-07-10T21:58:10.281+02:00Well/Fair Treatment?
Over recent years there has been much talk of making people more
responsible for their health. So for example, it was suggested that if a person injured themselves because of being drunk
then they should pay for the cost of their treatment at the local
A&E. Further, in some areas local health authorities have denied patients operations
unless they give up smoking or lose weight. SomeSassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-48985064382111091562012-07-05T19:31:00.000+02:002012-07-10T21:57:49.435+02:00Destination Unknown?
Last week a report named 'Destination Unknown: Summer 2012' was released detailing 2 years of research regarding the cumulative affects of welfare reform on 6 households. The report was written by Claudia Wood for the Demos* project: 'The Disability in Austerity'.
A day doesn't seem to go by without newspaper articles featuring some aspect or other of welfare reform, from Cameron's housingSassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-753286051260077662012-07-05T14:42:00.000+02:002012-07-10T21:57:25.896+02:00Mental Welfare
Two weeks ago the Guardian started a series called 'Breadline Britain'. Across the UK there are many reports of
people committing or attempting suicide due to the draconian elements of welfare
reform. What kind of society are we turning, where people decide that
they would be better off dead than alive? Why not take a look at the
short video produced by the Guardian (at the bottom of the Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110811913061595487.post-30524525580493196422012-07-03T21:49:00.000+02:002012-07-05T22:01:42.740+02:00Film: These Four Walls
Life lived in a box of shadows waving across walls, looking outside in and inside out at what life could be without these four...Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755376613926186962noreply@blogger.com0