As fears of a new benefits crackdown under Liz Kendall grow, campaigning group Black Triangle have launched a crowdfunder to provide every Labour MP with a copy of a forthcoming book by renowned journalist John Pring, which details how the DWP have been responsible for the deaths of countless claimants.

Benefits and Work hopes readers will be able to support this initiative, either with a donation if you can afford it or by sharing a link to the crowdfunding page wherever you can:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-us-tell-labour-mps-the-human-cost-of-cuts

Many readers will be very familiar with disabled journalist John Pring’s tireless campaigning on behalf of claimants via the Disability News Service website.

Pring is about to publish a new book,  “The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence”. 

For the last decade, Pring has meticulously pieced together how the DWP ignored pleas to correct fatal flaws in the social security system and covered up its role in the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of disabled people.

Having spent years researching the heartbreaking stories of twelve individuals who died, he describes how their bereaved families have fought for justice and accountability.

Paul Lewis, financial expert and presenter of Money Box on Radio 4 says of the book:

“John Pring’s indefatigable research has revealed how successive Conservative, Labour, and Coalition governments have not only failed to provide the money, help, resources, and understanding that disabled people need, they have gone to great lengths to hide the truth about what they have done. It would be a strong person who could read this disturbing book in a sitting. But it must be read.”

Frances Ryan, Guardian journalist calls the book “A must read expose of one of Britain’s biggest hidden scandals. Every politician, civil servant and journalist in the country should have this on their bookshelf.”

Black triangle are now seeking to raise £3,500 to pay for a copy of the book to be delivered en masse to every Labour MP.  If they exceed their target they will supply copies to MPs from other parties as well.

Pring said: “I don’t blame Labour MPs for not being aware of the shocking history of this government department, but it is vital that as many of them as possible now know what happened over the last 35 years.

“They need to know how DWP has spent decades denying the harm of its policies and hiding the evidence of that harm.

“Successive waves of social security reforms eventually led to countless deaths of claimants in the post-2010 austerity years.

“All of this is evidenced in my book.”

He added: “The new Labour-led DWP is about to embark on a series of major reforms around employment and disability benefits, which will have a significant and life-altering impact on hundreds of thousands of disabled people.

“The actions and comments of Liz Kendall, Labour’s new work and pensions secretary, and her repeated failure to address concerns about deaths linked to universal credit and other safeguarding issues, suggest that she could be about to take some reckless and negligent steps that risk repeating the terrible harm of the Conservative years.

“It is absolutely vital that her MPs know DWP’s history, so they are equipped to challenge her plans if needed.”

The books will not just be dumped in MPs post boxes.  Instead, as John McArdle of Black Triangle Campaign explained:

 "If we can raise the funds needed, Deaf and Disabled campaigners, trade unionists, our organisations and the families of benefit death victims will turn up at Parliament on 2 September to deliver the copies to Labour MPs so they have no excuse for not reading it.”

Please do support this campaign if you can.  We’ll keep readers informed about how it’s going.

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    Bob · 1 months ago
    There is total confusion and stress about the whole migration process I don't have access to internet at home and nearest Citizens advice centre is 3 and half miles away. And you can't get through to them on the phone they are so busy .  I am in ESA Support group with HB was told they will start with ESA claimants without HB first but don't know it's very worrying as labour hasn't said anything about what they will do will they pause it or leave it.   
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    James · 1 months ago
    One of the things that strike me while reading the news is that the sheer number of people who have not been able to migrate from their "legacy" benefits to UC. I am beginning to wonder if this was so designed to happen as the UC system is based on an IT system that perhaps many are unable to use, unable to access a computer, inability to use one, having no internet connection, or simply the notices sent from the dwp never reaching these people as well as the fact that most of the people are actually sick!  I think the labour government does owe it to people not to fall for this tory trap set for them and look into the rushed manner in which things are being implemented.
    I usually go by the rule that if something can go wrong when it comes to IT based systems then it probably will as testing of such systems usually turn out to be a box ticking exercise without real life situations used.
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      lesley · 1 months ago
      @lesley
      Thank you James.  I would have to go in person to the local CAB or Law Centre, I would not be able to cope with doing it on-line.
      I cannot be the only elderly person in this position.  I do not own a smart phone I still use a landline.  My mobile is a 2G talk and text phone only. I turn it off at night.  My desk top is hardwired and connected to my router by an Ethernet cable. I don't have a lap top. I have electrical sensitivity so don't have wifi turned on or use it ever.
      Just have to wait and see what the DWP's plan is.
      I do not do anything on line, so how they can force us elderly people to do this on line I really do not know.
      Thanks for warning though.
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      James · 1 months ago
      @lesley You should get help when your migration letter arrives as it is going to be online but it will not mean you apply but will have to input details. Contact CAB or turn2us for help at the time you get the notice. It should have been easy to migrate this automatically but obviously the databases for some reason are not able to pull the data across perhaps by design to trip up people in this day and age! I think it is on purpose as it is a basic database function 
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      lesley · 1 months ago
      @James
      Thank you James.  Yes it's all very frightening.
      I am almost 77 and on pension credit and housing benefit.
      The move from pension credit to housing credit was planned for 2028 at the earliest.
      Now labour are planning to accelerate this and bring it forward.
      So I do not know what it entails.  I just hope that it is automatic and I do not have to try and apply for it on-line.  Would not know where to start.
      Age UK are not always accurate which is why I like to subscribe to this site which is always very helpful.

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    Onyx123 · 2 months ago
    I do not trust Labour anymore. I will never vote for them after they took away the pensioners winter fuel payment. It is how they done it without recognising pensioners a few pennies over the pension credit limit will struggle.
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      James · 1 months ago
      @Ed Labour are like any other politician who rely on the advise and information given to them by the civil servants who actually run the government and they are hardly likely to admit to their own failings and faults 
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      Anonymous · 1 months ago
      @mrfibro You won't,don't they do a review right before 67 because they are well aware if you get it at 66 your probably getting it for life,they want to cut this
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      Jen · 1 months ago
      @Jon You can’t go a new claim for PIP after pension age, but if you got it before, it will carry on!
      A new claim, after pension age, would be Attendance Allowance!
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      Ed · 1 months ago
      @Onyx123 Yes, Labour look very untrustworthy on many fronts. Got a bad feeling they try to worsen all benefit systems and I don't even think they have mentioned anything about benefit plans and the state of the system since taking over. 
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      mrfibro · 1 months ago
      @Jon If your claiming PIP, and lets say your award was given prior to retirement age, then your pip is still valid post retirement age as it overlaps.  

      So if your on a PIP award lets say for arguments sake of 3 years and next year you retire, you will still receive PIP.  And eventually you will fill out forms again to continue to be awarded PIP until you die.

      And in a lot of cases award length depending, you may have a light touch review, which is (10 years) and from what I gather is a mini version of a PIP form to fill out.

      I too thought PIP was only for working age claimants. But if you have an existing PIP award, and it's running out of validity, and you have to return another PIP review form,  from what I gather if your PIP review that you sent in goes south, then you can't continue to claim PIP once retired.  

      So i can only imagine lots of claimants have missed out on having a continuation of their PIP award because their reviews went pear shaped, which sort of coincided with their retirement age.

      This would ultimately mean that you would have to go down the AA (attendance allowance) route.  Which many claimants do to get that extra income post 66 years of age.  Depending on your date of birth that is.

      It took 2 years for my last PIP review to be reviewed, and a decision to be made by the DM (DWP Decision maker), and they stitched me up on mobility, i went from full mobility to low rate mobility.  But they did increase my daily living care from low rate to high rate.  But the best was my award was increased to 10 years.  Hence me continuing to get PIP post retirement age.  So rather than fight it out at a tribunal regarding the mobility, i decided after doing the maths 10 years worked out better for me, and got me over the retirement hurdle too.

      Meaning as i have already mentioned a continuation of PIP in retirement.  And hopefully fingers crossed it'll be a light touch review next time, with another 10 year award to look forward to.



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    claresturgeon · 2 months ago
    Who in government has said about PIP being means tested? Also can anyone on here post the link to it being said please. I would like to write to the relevant MP's to express my views.
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      Teresa H · 1 months ago
      @Rik Teresa 
      Can I ask what has been said about mental health?
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      Kevin9320 · 2 months ago
      @claresturgeon No one has specifically mentioned that PIP could end up means-tested. Many people on PIP are fearful of how changes to eligibility criteria might affect them, and rightly so given the legacy of governments making things ever more difficult for claimants. So when we hear noises about a 20 billion deficit, coupled with comments about govt having to tackle the welfare bill, and then the first thing out of the hat is making the winter fuel allowance means-tested, it is natural to fear that they might also make PIP means-tested. 

      They probably have something punitive in mind  but no one knows quite what.
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      Rik · 2 months ago
      @claresturgeon No one. It's been suggested by the media. The only noise Labour has made about PIP is around mental health. If that's anything to go by, the current thinking seems to be return to the DLA days when it was a benefit chiefly for those with physical disabilities.
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    Damo · 2 months ago
    I think labour are aware,considering keir is top legal eagle,he seems to pretend this scandal never happened,him and Sunak are cut from same cloth as it showed when they were seen laughing and joking together,we need politicians sticking up for everyone with various conditions, but they are few and far between,surely that's unlawful 
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    John · 2 months ago
    I hope pip doesn’t get means tested I work part time and get pip and I live on my own pip is a lifeline for me why should people like me get punished 
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      lesley · 2 months ago
      @John
      I somehow do not think PIP will be means tested. How is that going to work? Then they will have to means test us still on DLA and others on Attendance Allowance.  Then if these are means tested everyone on a means tested benefit will get the winter fuel allowance. More expense for the government.
      Never gonna happen!
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      Edwards · 2 months ago
      You always seem to be trolling on this site,what exactly is your problem?
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    John · 2 months ago
    I’m worried that pip will become means tested I hope this doesn’t happen i work part time and get pip why should I get punished pip is a lifeline to me as I live on my own 
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    Neal · 2 months ago
    We are heading towards a social collision whether the government is Labour or Conservative. As long as no one wants to see the depth of the expanding problem and its solution, the collision has become a physical and certain matter. The depth of the solution is to replace the economic and social system so that it takes into account equality among people, not 15% who have 80% of the country's wealth and we have never seen them come complaining about their miserable condition and government arbitrariness against them as 85% like us do. The state of acceptance of radically changing the system to become more just has not matured, but as long as the rich remain richer and richer and the poor poorer, there is no solution. Rather, we are all waiting for the social collision that cannot be avoided.
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      Laura · 2 months ago
      @mrfibro Totally agree MrFibro, how can any person in government relate to the ordinary working class person? They may have come from humble beginnings but aren't there now. I feel along with my fellow UK citizens so let down, my dad served in the British army as did the generation before him and before that as so many decent British citizens did. This country is now unrecognisable, my dad passed away 4 years ago and if he was here wouldn't recognise the UK. 
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      Jon · 2 months ago
      @mrfibro Mr fibro you have stated that you retire in 8 months so surely the benefits changes won't really affect you?
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      mrfibro · 2 months ago
      @Neal The rich always seem to come out on top.
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    Dole · 2 months ago
    Dark days aproach:  They  will penurise the poor then destroy the so-called middle classes (and steal their savings too). "they" want it all. Power only remaiins if the people remain dependant and therefore subservient
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    Old Mother · 2 months ago
    Would rather crowd fund lawyers than books. They are more effective. 

    Government has bottomless legal support. 

    An individual - almost none. 
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      mrfibro · 2 months ago
      @Old Mother I doubt it very much that 400 + MP's will be willing to, or find the time, to read this book.

      Most will just bin it, or say yeah I read it we will be making changes bla bla bla to help & support the vulnerable in our society etc.

      I personally have already pre-ordered the book, as I am very interesting in what the autor, writers have to say regarding THE DEPARTMENT, and the deaths they caused and how its been a big cover up.

      Hopefully if more people bought it, then maybe the monies could help in some way or another.


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    Nightcity · 2 months ago
    I just signed this important open letter on Organise, please can you add your name?

    Stop demonising disabled people!
    https://organise.network/s/df22bb49824f
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    Robin Hood · 2 months ago
    “This country has voted for a CHANGE”
    That’s what the New Prime Minister said- Keir Starmer when he won the General Election.
    I think this country especially the pensioners, disabled, unemployed, patients on the NHS waiting lists, people struggling on the cost of living, the vulnerable and don’t forget the homeless are is still waiting for this “CHANGE” and it’s bizarre that this new government has began announcing so suddenly that they are reducing Winter Payments.

    If the DWP have refused individuals who have genuinely had a case to claim benefits and grossly been turned away and in the event they have died and well-there was one, one hundred or one thousand cases there should be a Public Inquiry.
    Therefore, it seems the duty of care is nonexistent and where there deaths are reported somewhere that accountability has to be resolved to STOP this from happening again.

    As for the DWP if they have any Knowledge or Evidence of this happening they should make this aware to parliament especially to the newly elected MPs to comply to a duty of care - because remember this new government said from the very beginning they were elected to serve the people of this country (nothing less).
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    JJ · 2 months ago
    I just won't jump the gun until the facts are there for us to see. Remember Liz Kendall starts the DWP reform White Paper in Autumn and Rachel Reeves delivers the Budget on the 30th of October. 
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      Anon · 2 months ago
      @Claire I get that but you clearly didn't read my comment properly,  as I simply said that PIP probably wouldn't just stop all of a sudden. It would take time to bring in any changes and even then I think it would be gradually changed,  or not at all, for current claimants.
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      Claire · 2 months ago
      @Anon They are not going to take up to £737 off of people.This is all some people live off,imagine the uproar.Taking £200 a year off all but the poorest pensioners has already caused outrage!They know that people use pip to pay for services,cleaners,taxis,gardeners,someone to collect shopping and medication.Lifts to appointments,to remain you know “independent “.Otherwise a great many of us will have to go on a care plan and have carers visit which will be far more expensive.But they already know this.
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      Anon · 2 months ago
      @mrfibro The PIP payments wouldn't just stop after the budget, it would take a lot longer to make any major changes. 
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      mrfibro · 2 months ago
      @JJ That roughly giver us all 3 months of PIP payments due, before the October 24 budget.
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    Mik · 2 months ago
    I think the benefit changes (aka savings) will be mostly around means testing pip, and a more joined up assessment process. I could be wrong but a Labour Party giving up on the disabled and disadvantaged, is like the snp giving up on independence, or the Green Party promoting oil!
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      Paul Foster · 1 months ago
      @AB There's  a contraversy about the fairness anyway? At the moment you see them trying to control the narrative. That is to say they're arguing those with the broadest shoulders will take the heaviest burden meaning taxpayers, whilst taking everything and so much more from the disabled. Taking pip away from someone who is severely, Physically disabled, whether it be means tested or otherwise, will cripple, even further the quality of life of those affected. It will be more than money they will be taking.
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      Edwards · 2 months ago
      @Mik So how is that fair? That means anyone on contribution based esa loses everything, some of us have working partners,do they throw their job up and try rely on keep getting through a tougher wca for gateway to pip,even then,we're all going to be terrified of not passing it and losing everything, also some people rely just on their pip,they have withdrawn from wca because they just can't cope with the stress,are those people now to lose everything too?they obviously won't be going down the uc route either because of all the conditions to claiming they just can't meet,also where does that leave people drawing a pension, or even a tiny pension like mine which is a meagre £62 a week? 
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      Rik · 2 months ago
      @Mik Means testing PIP without increasing the benefit cap (which they won’t do) will see lots worse off. PIP currently doesn’t count towards the benefit cap, but if they means test it, then it will.
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      AB · 2 months ago
      @Mik If they were to means test pip they would probably means test DLA as well and also contribution based employment support allowance.  It would be hard just to pick on pip and not select the others because it would be an obvious controversy about the unfairness.  I suppose we don't really know how many people would qualify if these benefits were means tested but it's a reasonable guess to think that probably one million or more people out of that selection of benefits could easily lose all of that support.  And just being supposedly too wealthy to  succeed with the means test doesn't mean somebody is wealthy it might mean there are relatively small amount over 16,000 pounds.  If for example in their own house they might like to keep a bit of money back for things like repairs that might be necessary or a car they absolutely need or cherish for mental health reasons. It is very sensible to keep some money back for eventualities if you are able to afford to put that bit of money aside and no government policy should prevent you from doing so.  Additionally the 16,000 pounds limit isn't high enough it's been stuck at that probably for a couple of decades.  

      But what is fairly sure is that some sort of major change is going to come at some stage to the welfare system.  The numbers are staggering.  But when the politicians talk about people stuck on disability benefits not able to fulfill their potential they talk as though there is benefits and there is work and that they are too different worlds and everybody on one side of the fence is better off for being at work socially medically an economically and the others trapped behind the fence would thrive if only they could get onto the other side of it.    It's so simplistic as to be laughable.   Take employers who it is said would employ the disabled.  I suspect a substantial proportion of those employers would consider that the efficiency of their business is not compatible with rehabilitating disabled claimants into work and accommodating their problems on a long term basis.   But nowadays a great many people at work receive some sort of benefits to support their needs.  You might say that a society so dependent on benefits whether the person is working or supposedly economically inactive is itself in some kind of mess.   

      We simply don't know what's really going to come about but there will be change. There has to be. Let's just hope that it's intelligent and undertaken with caution and conscience.  Not all changes are unreasonable for example when I was young which is a long time ago now you were able to go to the job centre every two weeks and signed to say you were available for work.  That was literally all you had to do.  I think I didn't apply for a job for two and a half years.  That was a crazy situation enabling me as a then young man to build a big gap in a potential CV as well as getting to the habit of existing on a small amount of money with low horizons and ambitions.  OK that wasn't a disability situation but it definitely was something whereby the change to actively requiring people to seek work was appropriate.
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    Jon · 2 months ago
    Im hoping for radical DWP overhaul as although I have medical conditions I feel I would be able to work 20 hours a week 4 hours a day maybe factory work or pot washer although without help from DWP it could be difficult to gain employment as am now over fifty
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      Edwards · 2 months ago
      @Jon Well great if you can but what about the ones who can't work at all? how are those people surviving ?especially if they've lost their pip income through either unless vouchers or means testing, and what about carers allowance recipient's?  If pip is means tested and recipient's lose their pip is their partner to lose the carers allowance as well leaving them with nothing?if the wca is overhauled with tight conditions and pip and carers allowance are also lost this is going to lead to a crisis for many disabled people as they will have absolutely no income,I thought the Conservatives were cruel but I can see this being a total disaster 
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      Anon · 2 months ago
      @Jon I think you have a really good attitude. I agree, with the right kind of support, most of us could probably manage to do something.  Not everyone, obviously.
      My condition is unpredictable and ranges in severity from day to day but if some sort of flexible working arrangement was available it might be possible to do a few hours a week.
      I do agree with Liz Kendall that working can have positive benefits, especially to mental health and a sense of pride in contributing.
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    Stewart Edwards · 2 months ago
    Good idea, but I wonder how many will read it or believe it. 

    I am hoping that Labour are just very wary of what happened when Truss did her thing, and are simply trying to look fiscally responsible so that the markets don’t tank.

    What we know…

    1. Pensioners are being pushed to claim Pension Credit, if eligible, meaning many more will get the Winter Fuel Payment. Wealthier pensioners won’t get it. But there will be breakoff cases where some who need it, lose it. Overall this seems to be about giving more (encouraging pension credit take up) to poorer pensioners.

    2. PIP, is getting really expensive due to, I believe, a mass of 20/30 somethings claiming on anxiety and depression grounds. Hence the prior government’s comments about ‘being bluesy.’ I think that the prior government’s argument might have been that, give you therapy etc, get back to work. This government has said that it will implement its own approach, which they are probably still cobbling together. So we will have to wait and see.

    3. Fraud. In disability benefits fraud is very low, under 0.1% iirc. Universal Credit on the other hand, well we have all read the news. I suspect that when they talk about fraud they mean UC, (large scale organised I think) but how they phrase it is unfortunate.

    4. Deaths. I myself have worked hard to keep my wife alive since 2010. So I do understand. Perhaps an email to your Labour MP, if you have one, (no point in contacting others are they are not allowed to respond to non constituents). Along the lines off, “Hello, can I ask your opinion on the Parliamentary Committees reports on welfare deaths, and how are going to ensure that the needless avoidable deaths of citizens stops?” Remember you need to use the Parliamentary email, and include your name, address and phone number. Their aides will be scrambling to brief them and in time you should get a response.

    5. Overall. Don’t panic, it is still early days of a government trying to find its feet. Rachael Reeves, publicly calling Jeremy Hunt a liar on Sky News? has set a high bar for Labour.

    A bit of fun for you. 

    A decade ago I sent, a very bad poorly worded email to a couple of MPs (one was looking to lead, the other the head of the 1922 Committee, noting that the new welfare policies would cause deaths and explained it in terms of MI5s definition of Terrorism (at that time, I think it might have changed). 

    All that happened was that MI5 swiftly took down the definition from its website, put up some statement that Terrorism was iirc, against the government (it wasn’t, I think MI5 were wrong here, iirc), which itself was removed later. 

    Obviously stuff may have happened in the background that I was/am unaware off, but really nothing negative happened. When you read the definition at the time, word for word, line for line and compared it to government policy it seemed rather similar to me. Now if MI5 were aware of likely deaths, you would assume Cameron was also aware. 

    Hopefully Starmer will not allow the needless welfare deaths of citizens to continue. Evidenced by Coroners and a Parliamentary Committee.

    (Should I run for the hills and hide!).🫣 
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      mrfibro · 2 months ago
      @Stewart Edwards If the goverment can simply print money, then print more and give us all more! whats the big fuss all about.  They can just write of this BullSheisse  20 + billion knicker black hole.  It's ironic when they want to write of money, regarding their white elephants, then they can.  


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      mrfibro · 2 months ago
      @Stewart Edwards Wonder how labour elephant will pan out>
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      Stewart Edwards · 2 months ago
      @CarolK Indeed, and I do have an Economics Degree. You don’t even need to print the stuff nowadays, it’s all digits on computers.

      But you must be careful to ensure that you don’t go mad and cause hyperinflation (money becomes worthless as prices double daily) or wreck trade and businesses through exchange rate movements (no jobs etc).

      The existence of a magic money tree has been proven several times, most recently covid. Globally.

      It’s the elephant in the room that governments don’t talk about but sometimes use. Sometimes well, sometimes disastrously.


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      mrfibro · 2 months ago
      @CarolK Austerity is simply a political choice.  It doesn't have to happen, but governments like to impose it.  
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      CarolK · 2 months ago
      @Stewart Edwards If we all had economics degrees there would be no austerity. Austerity is a complete lie. The government can and never will run out of money - it gets the Bank of England to create new money for it. What we are told in the media is complete BS. There's always enough money to fund welfare and public services like the NHS but the governments want to be seen to be austere to win support from the right-wing media. 
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    Jas · 2 months ago
    The target nearly reached £3,355 well done people 
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    Zainab · 2 months ago
    Sadly, I don't think a neoliberal government like Starmer's cares about these deaths. They have a right-wing agenda, and they're going to implement it, they won't even bother to read the book.
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    mrfibro · 2 months ago
    Hi again,

    I have just pre- ordered myself  the book (The Department)  its normally £16.99

    August 20th, 2024    £13.49
    Subtotal:    £16.99
    Pring - 50% off: PRING50    -£8.50
    Shipping & Handling:    £5.00
    Total:    £13.49 

    B & W subscribers please note this book has to be pre-ordered.

    I think you also get an Ebook copy too if you have bought the book.

    Monies are not taken from your back account not until shipping date in my case ...Aug 20th, 2024.








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    mrfibro · 2 months ago
    Is there a discount coupon, for claimants to be able to purchase a copy of this book.
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