Tag: Coalition
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Benefit sanctions: they’re absurd and don’t work very well, experts tell MPs
It [the sanctions regime] is a secret penal system because the decisions [to stop benefit payments] are made in secret, by officials; the claimant is not present; they are not legally represented; the punishment is applied before there is any hearing; if they get a hearing it is only long after the punishment has been…
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Liberal Democrat complicity in Tory ideology makes then irrelevant in 2015
Re: Vince Cable slams excessive Conservative cuts on working poor The Liberal Democrats seem to think there are some sort of moderating government party, whose job it is to form coalitions and keep the majority partner on the straight and narrow. Except that thanks to their complicity with the Tories since 2010 they have worsened…
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More House of Commons exposure for The Lichfield Blog
Whilst discussing his vision for local TV during a House of Commons debate on the future of local media [& video], Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries Ed Vaizey mentioned The Lichfield Blog and it’s efforts in the local media landscape. In response to a request from West Bromwich East MP, Tom…