The week in #welfarereform according to @HMIwelfare 07/03/14

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  Paul Bradshaw

  

  Closure of the Independent Living Fund: equality analysis

  www.gov.uk - Department for Work and Pensions

  The Independent Living Fund ( ILF) is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) funded by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It currently makes …

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  Paul Bradshaw

  

  Viewpoint: Escape from the 'sink' estate

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  Poet Byron Vincent spent much of his youth in and around "sink" estates. He argues that corralling the poorest people perpetuates criminality. I'm a scumbag, or an ex-scumbag to be precise. I'm middle class now. I own a bread-maker and everything. We tend to think of council estate kids as chippy and …

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  Paul Bradshaw

  

  Royal cottage owned by the Queen is a 'unfit for animals' and costs taxpayer £484 a month rent

  mirror.co.uk - Nick Sommerlad

  It may have royal connections, but Stephen Warr’s rented home is certainly no palace. He describes the damp, dilapidated cottage owned by the Crown …

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  Paul Bradshaw

  

  Vulnerable man starved to death after benefits were cut

  The Guardian - Amelia Gentleman

  44-year-old died months after sickness and housing benefits were stopped following Atos fitness-for-work assessment

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  Paul Bradshaw

  Destitution and being forced to use foodbanks: the ugly policy reality - Ekklesia

  ekklesia.co.uk - Archive

  When even an avowedly conservative think tank says that people are being unfairly sanctioned, making them destitute and forcing them to use …

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  Paul Bradshaw

  Mar 7, 2014