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Pilgrim’s story from the frontline
I spend my days helping ordinary people across the Capital come together and change the things that matter to them. I meet up with loads of people every week who are passionate about improving things...
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Guest Blog: Mum V Austerity
Bernadette Horton, in her own words is a self employed Avon Rep and Mum of 4, blogging the daily battles of life in Austerity UK from a family viewpoint! No academia, No lofty ideas, Just Plain...
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Family at benefit breaking point
When the Counihan family’s housing benefit was stopped through a misunderstanding, their lives were torn apart Unite member and London bus driver Anthony Counihan is a hard working ‘striver’. His...
View ArticleMichelle shares her Bedroom Tax horror story!
Up until now disability benefits left me struggling, but at least I had enough to just about get by… Come April my daughter and I are set to be hit by the bedroom tax and changes to council tax that...
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Guest Blog: Rich Peppiatt
In his own words: Rich is a recovering tabloid hack. After a bit of time at the Mail on Sunday and two years at The Daily Star he finally faced up to the reality that he was doing some bad things for...
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Campaign ads put pressure on the government
On the launch day of OurWelfareWorks, we have taken out an advert in print and online, putting pressure on the government to come clean on the real impact their welfare reforms will have on ordinary...
View ArticleGuest Video Blog: Mark Steel
The brilliant writer, comedian and broadcaster Mark Steel has recorded an exclusive set of video diarries of the Our Welfare Works site. Here’s Mark’s take on sad logic behind cuts to our welfare...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Zoe Williams
We’re thrilled that author and Guardian columnist Zoe Williams has written an exclusive blog post for us. Zoe takes on the ‘Strivers V Scrounger’ myth, arguing that it has been rolled out time and time...
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Guest Blog: Gingerbread
A striver, a scrounger and a politician walk into a bar – how stereotypes are drowning out the real experience of welfare reform by Caroline Davey of Gingerbread “Single parents are statistics,...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Richard Exell (TUC)
“Scroungers” At the end of last year the Conservative Party launched a new ‘attack ad’ in 60 marginal constituencies. It asked: “Who do you think this government should be giving more support to?...
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