labour are angry the Tories are seeking donations, short memories these Politicians £200,000 would buy you not only a meeting but a Lordship with labour.
Loans which were not loans and bribes which were not bribes
Monday, 26 March 2012
Sunday, 25 March 2012
Employment for the disabled
A4e is in a mess, but it's not the first time these type of employment charities, groups have been talked about.
I once had a letter from a welsh employment company from Dublin, I know why Dublin, it stated if I did not go to an employment meeting at once my benefit would stop.
I knew that it was voluntary at the time so wrote to my MP who stated she would look into it, came back with a reply she had a number of these emails and letters but did not know anything about the company. Turned out once you went down you were told to sign up with the company and they would get the fee, which was £1600 so the more people it could pull in the more money it would make.
I signed for Remploy on a Monday to be told Tuesday the company had pulled out of the area, oh I could still see them only had to travel.
The same thing when my job centre stated ok go and sign with the Shaw Trust they are local, they left the area saying firms were not interested in helping them, so that's two firms I had signed up for each I suspect would have had the £1600 but what help did I get nothing.
OK A4e is the new type of employment agency which is paid for getting people into jobs the longer you work the more they get, but I was told these firms were then giving out sub contracts to smaller local charities to do the tasks.
We deserve more but the fact is after eight years of saying blow the so called back to work Mafia, I went out as I did before I was disabled and looked for my own jobs.
I could not get through the front doors of many, Asda told me they would only employ people who had been to the job centre because the Job centre would screen people for them, Tesco stated if your disabled then you had to prove you were able to do the same jobs as a non disabled, I said but I would have difficulty with that being disabled he just smiled and shut the door.
Now that the jobs we would have been offered are drying up, we are hearing benefits and benefit payments in the future coming from India, two big computer systems to be set up by the Government will be done in India, with the DWP paying out a Billion in contracts, unless I piss off to India to work that's more jobs lost.
Looks like the UK is for sale.
I once had a letter from a welsh employment company from Dublin, I know why Dublin, it stated if I did not go to an employment meeting at once my benefit would stop.
I knew that it was voluntary at the time so wrote to my MP who stated she would look into it, came back with a reply she had a number of these emails and letters but did not know anything about the company. Turned out once you went down you were told to sign up with the company and they would get the fee, which was £1600 so the more people it could pull in the more money it would make.
I signed for Remploy on a Monday to be told Tuesday the company had pulled out of the area, oh I could still see them only had to travel.
The same thing when my job centre stated ok go and sign with the Shaw Trust they are local, they left the area saying firms were not interested in helping them, so that's two firms I had signed up for each I suspect would have had the £1600 but what help did I get nothing.
OK A4e is the new type of employment agency which is paid for getting people into jobs the longer you work the more they get, but I was told these firms were then giving out sub contracts to smaller local charities to do the tasks.
We deserve more but the fact is after eight years of saying blow the so called back to work Mafia, I went out as I did before I was disabled and looked for my own jobs.
I could not get through the front doors of many, Asda told me they would only employ people who had been to the job centre because the Job centre would screen people for them, Tesco stated if your disabled then you had to prove you were able to do the same jobs as a non disabled, I said but I would have difficulty with that being disabled he just smiled and shut the door.
Now that the jobs we would have been offered are drying up, we are hearing benefits and benefit payments in the future coming from India, two big computer systems to be set up by the Government will be done in India, with the DWP paying out a Billion in contracts, unless I piss off to India to work that's more jobs lost.
Looks like the UK is for sale.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Labourlist.
Labourlist is of course grass roots labour, which makes me smile it's about as grass roots as the Tory sites, it's not to sure yet whether it's New labour Newer labour. banned again.
It has this problem the leader who is a rich bloke who does not like the disabled much, when he see any of us he uses his eyes to decide whether we can work, he's a weak leader, the weakest I've seen for a long time.
He's not to sure what the public want, so he waits to see a reaction, when the NHS reforms came out, he waited and waited and waited and the Tories got on with getting it through the Lords, then one day he woke up and said hello we need to fight for the NHS, to bloody late.
He's the type of bloke you would see on TV and ignore him because he's boring, and do not get me wrong his brother looks acts and sounds like his brother, how these people got into labour of course was through Dear old Tony effort to get people of his ilk to back him.
The Tories are open to attack but labour cannot do it in case the Tories mentions the deficit and the debt, but for god sake we need somebody to say look yes we are again in debt, but we can live within it.
At this time labours not got a single thing I would agree with, we are hearing Prescott saying more about private police, because Miliband is waiting to see what the public think, he cannot come out and say I me Ed Miliband do not like this, in case the public do.
he's a follower not a elader, it's as simple as that.
It has this problem the leader who is a rich bloke who does not like the disabled much, when he see any of us he uses his eyes to decide whether we can work, he's a weak leader, the weakest I've seen for a long time.
He's not to sure what the public want, so he waits to see a reaction, when the NHS reforms came out, he waited and waited and waited and the Tories got on with getting it through the Lords, then one day he woke up and said hello we need to fight for the NHS, to bloody late.
He's the type of bloke you would see on TV and ignore him because he's boring, and do not get me wrong his brother looks acts and sounds like his brother, how these people got into labour of course was through Dear old Tony effort to get people of his ilk to back him.
The Tories are open to attack but labour cannot do it in case the Tories mentions the deficit and the debt, but for god sake we need somebody to say look yes we are again in debt, but we can live within it.
At this time labours not got a single thing I would agree with, we are hearing Prescott saying more about private police, because Miliband is waiting to see what the public think, he cannot come out and say I me Ed Miliband do not like this, in case the public do.
he's a follower not a elader, it's as simple as that.
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Labour party the coming of the ways
We are seeing the labour party fight to see who will run it, Ed Miliband is not the best leader I've seen or the worse for that, but my god he is not the leader to take the party into the next election. We are seeing New labour get annoyed at his weakness yet are not helping him but have decided to help him out by removing him.
We will see that great old fart Clark tell us all he would have won the last election if he was leader, bit difficult if your own people vote you out as an MP mind you.
We have seen David Miliband make his move now and he's waiting to see who will come with him. we are hearing that Blair has been in talks with the New batch of Labour MP's in secret of course about his third way and his place history.
But Labour has a problem it's not Labour, it's not New labour or so we are told so what the hell is it.
have to wait and see i suspect
We will see that great old fart Clark tell us all he would have won the last election if he was leader, bit difficult if your own people vote you out as an MP mind you.
We have seen David Miliband make his move now and he's waiting to see who will come with him. we are hearing that Blair has been in talks with the New batch of Labour MP's in secret of course about his third way and his place history.
But Labour has a problem it's not Labour, it's not New labour or so we are told so what the hell is it.
have to wait and see i suspect
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Time to get going again
Labour party.
“A new bargain for our country which reflects and rewards the values of Britain's hard working people”
So no good having a nice easy job you'd better look for something which is hard.
The squeezed middle has now been defined it's anyone earning the Min wage up to £32,000 this is labour catchment it's voting group.
So nobody getting any more because your not squeezed and your not struggling, also of course not people who are working part time, the sick the disabled and those who have lost a job, because your not the bottom feeders in labour new world.
How labour have lost the dam plot, it now as socialist as my dirty socks, it's still trying to define it self as new labour and able to take on the Tories as the Tories but without any real policies or any real idea's, it says it's middle of the road, look out mate a big lorry is coming and if your in the middle of the road you could end up in hospital
rant over.
“A new bargain for our country which reflects and rewards the values of Britain's hard working people”
So no good having a nice easy job you'd better look for something which is hard.
The squeezed middle has now been defined it's anyone earning the Min wage up to £32,000 this is labour catchment it's voting group.
So nobody getting any more because your not squeezed and your not struggling, also of course not people who are working part time, the sick the disabled and those who have lost a job, because your not the bottom feeders in labour new world.
How labour have lost the dam plot, it now as socialist as my dirty socks, it's still trying to define it self as new labour and able to take on the Tories as the Tories but without any real policies or any real idea's, it says it's middle of the road, look out mate a big lorry is coming and if your in the middle of the road you could end up in hospital
rant over.
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
End of the welfare state.....
Thousands of seriously ill cancer patients will be forced to take medical tests and face "back to work" interviews, despite assurances from ministers that they would not make it harder for the sick to get welfare, charities have warned.
Buried in a report to ministers by Prof Malcolm Harrington, the government adviser on testing welfare recipients, are proposals to force cancer patients who are undergoing intravenous chemotherapy to prove they are too ill to work.
At present, patients who are unable to work because of cancer and the side-effects of treatments are allowed to claim the highest rate of employment support allowance (ESA), worth up to £100 a week. More than 9,000 cancer patients were placed automatically on the welfare payment from October 2008 to June 2010. However, the expert report says this "automatic entitlement" has encouraged dependency on benefits, "encouraging wrong behaviours from employers and stigmatising cancer as something that can lead to unemployment or worklessness".
Instead, cancer patients on chemotherapy in hospitals will now have to prove that they are too sick to work, and take part in the controversial work capability assessment to determine whether someone is eligible for benefits. If cancer patients are found able to return to employment they may also be required to participate in work-related practice job interviews, as a condition of receiving their benefit.
Such assessments have been attacked by charities amid mounting evidence that people with serious illnesses are being judged fit for work when they are not.
Cancer experts and 30 cancer charities argue that patients undergoing "stressful" cancer treatment – and who have to leave work – should be automatically eligible for ESA. Ciarán Devane, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, said: "Cancer patients in the middle of treatment are, in many cases, fighting for their lives.
"Yet the government is proposing to change the rules so all cancer patients will have to undergo a stressful assessment to prove they are unable to work.
"This shows a clear disregard and misunderstanding of what it's like to undergo punishing treatment. Patients who previously had peace of mind would face the stress and practical difficulties of getting assessed for work they are too poorly to do."
The new policy also reverses the government's own position on benefits that can be obtained by cancer patients. Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, earlier this year amended regulations concerning ESA so that even patients who were likely to receive chemotherapy within six months would be exempted from medical tests and face-to-face interviews and get benefits automatically.
This move allowed him to taunt Labour, claiming: "It was this government who exempted cancer patients on chemotherapy in hospitals; they were not exempted by the previous government. Our record on this is therefore quite good."
Labour called on the government to "listen very carefully" to its critics on the issue. The shadow work and pensions secretary, Liam Byrne, said: "This government is simply not thinking hard enough about the special circumstances of cancer sufferers in this country. People with obviously serious conditions don't need to be tested and retested – they should be allowed to get on with their treatment."
The government has already been forced on to the back foot over its changes to ESA, designed to save more than £1.2bn. In the summer, David Cameron refused to back down over plans to cut up to £94 a week from ESA, a move that could affect as many as 7,000 cancer patients. Devane said: "To make matters worse, the government is pressing ahead with proposed changes in the welfare reform bill that will make 7,000 cancer patients lose ESA after 12 months simply because they have not recovered quickly enough. We hope ministers will rethink these proposals.
"Cancer is the toughest fight many people will have to face; the government should not be making it tougher for them."
The ESA replaces a range of incapacity benefits. All fresh claimants now undergo a work capability assessment, and 1.5 million existing recipients will be reassessed using the new system from this month. The welfare reform bill introduces a one-year time limit on those people claiming ESA in the "work-related activity group", who are expected to move into work.
In an email, Harrington said: "Macmillan provided me with compelling evidence that different cancer treatments can have an equally – and varied – debilitating effect on individuals. However, I agree with the government that forcing people to a life on benefits when they want to work is wrong." The government said that patients would be allowed to prove they were too ill to work with "documentation", and would not always be asked to undergo a complete assessment.
A DWP spokesman said: "This must be about an individual's needs. Our proposals would ensure a person would only be asked to attend a face-to-face assessment where absolutely necessary."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/dec/06/cancer-patients-welfare-work-tests?CMP=NECNETTXT8187&google_editors_picks=true
Buried in a report to ministers by Prof Malcolm Harrington, the government adviser on testing welfare recipients, are proposals to force cancer patients who are undergoing intravenous chemotherapy to prove they are too ill to work.
At present, patients who are unable to work because of cancer and the side-effects of treatments are allowed to claim the highest rate of employment support allowance (ESA), worth up to £100 a week. More than 9,000 cancer patients were placed automatically on the welfare payment from October 2008 to June 2010. However, the expert report says this "automatic entitlement" has encouraged dependency on benefits, "encouraging wrong behaviours from employers and stigmatising cancer as something that can lead to unemployment or worklessness".
Instead, cancer patients on chemotherapy in hospitals will now have to prove that they are too sick to work, and take part in the controversial work capability assessment to determine whether someone is eligible for benefits. If cancer patients are found able to return to employment they may also be required to participate in work-related practice job interviews, as a condition of receiving their benefit.
Such assessments have been attacked by charities amid mounting evidence that people with serious illnesses are being judged fit for work when they are not.
Cancer experts and 30 cancer charities argue that patients undergoing "stressful" cancer treatment – and who have to leave work – should be automatically eligible for ESA. Ciarán Devane, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, said: "Cancer patients in the middle of treatment are, in many cases, fighting for their lives.
"Yet the government is proposing to change the rules so all cancer patients will have to undergo a stressful assessment to prove they are unable to work.
"This shows a clear disregard and misunderstanding of what it's like to undergo punishing treatment. Patients who previously had peace of mind would face the stress and practical difficulties of getting assessed for work they are too poorly to do."
The new policy also reverses the government's own position on benefits that can be obtained by cancer patients. Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, earlier this year amended regulations concerning ESA so that even patients who were likely to receive chemotherapy within six months would be exempted from medical tests and face-to-face interviews and get benefits automatically.
This move allowed him to taunt Labour, claiming: "It was this government who exempted cancer patients on chemotherapy in hospitals; they were not exempted by the previous government. Our record on this is therefore quite good."
Labour called on the government to "listen very carefully" to its critics on the issue. The shadow work and pensions secretary, Liam Byrne, said: "This government is simply not thinking hard enough about the special circumstances of cancer sufferers in this country. People with obviously serious conditions don't need to be tested and retested – they should be allowed to get on with their treatment."
The government has already been forced on to the back foot over its changes to ESA, designed to save more than £1.2bn. In the summer, David Cameron refused to back down over plans to cut up to £94 a week from ESA, a move that could affect as many as 7,000 cancer patients. Devane said: "To make matters worse, the government is pressing ahead with proposed changes in the welfare reform bill that will make 7,000 cancer patients lose ESA after 12 months simply because they have not recovered quickly enough. We hope ministers will rethink these proposals.
"Cancer is the toughest fight many people will have to face; the government should not be making it tougher for them."
The ESA replaces a range of incapacity benefits. All fresh claimants now undergo a work capability assessment, and 1.5 million existing recipients will be reassessed using the new system from this month. The welfare reform bill introduces a one-year time limit on those people claiming ESA in the "work-related activity group", who are expected to move into work.
In an email, Harrington said: "Macmillan provided me with compelling evidence that different cancer treatments can have an equally – and varied – debilitating effect on individuals. However, I agree with the government that forcing people to a life on benefits when they want to work is wrong." The government said that patients would be allowed to prove they were too ill to work with "documentation", and would not always be asked to undergo a complete assessment.
A DWP spokesman said: "This must be about an individual's needs. Our proposals would ensure a person would only be asked to attend a face-to-face assessment where absolutely necessary."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/dec/06/cancer-patients-welfare-work-tests?CMP=NECNETTXT8187&google_editors_picks=true
Sunday, 4 December 2011
New labours dead long live Newer Labour
a simple question: will a spending option directly boost short
and long-term growth and create jobs? This may mean very constrained funding for healthcare,
pensions and welfare for the foreseeable future. It’s tough, but the alternative is ducking the genuine
decisions nearly every government of an
advanced economy currently faces.
http://www.policy-network.net/publications/4101/-In-the-black-Labour
Dear god this is so New labour they even have the gaul to tell us it's from the centre left, hit those on the bottom while helping society.
We now have the the Rich, umnmper middle class, middle class, and those at the bottom who are basically not the same as us.
new labour is alive and it's doing pretty good
and long-term growth and create jobs? This may mean very constrained funding for healthcare,
pensions and welfare for the foreseeable future. It’s tough, but the alternative is ducking the genuine
decisions nearly every government of an
advanced economy currently faces.
http://www.policy-network.net/publications/4101/-In-the-black-Labour
Dear god this is so New labour they even have the gaul to tell us it's from the centre left, hit those on the bottom while helping society.
We now have the the Rich, umnmper middle class, middle class, and those at the bottom who are basically not the same as us.
new labour is alive and it's doing pretty good
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