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

  The family of a man who starved to death four months after his benefits were cut off has called on the government to reform the way it treats people with mental health problems when it assesses their eligibility for benefits. Mark Wood, 44, who had a number of complex mental health conditions, died …

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  Paul Bradshaw

  Mar 7, 2014

• http://m.insidehousing.co.uk/7002385.article?mobilesite=enabled

  

  Paul Bradshaw

  Mar 7, 2014