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Still watching 27 Aug 2013 | 03:18 am
I was taken to task recently for not writing about A4e on a blog devoted to A4e. As I said at the time, there is no news about A4e. But, when you think about it, that in itself is noteworthy. I star...
Is anyone surprised? 23 Aug 2013 | 09:51 pm
This story appeared today on the BBC news website - "Swansea firm frustrated at system after job advert". While the employer in Swansea was frustrated, few "job-seekers" will be surprised. Why were ...
Four stages of deceit 20 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
It's very noticeable that the government now has four ways of deceiving us over figures which ought to show the effects of their actions. Spin. We've been used to that for many years. It means that...
Helpless - and furious 17 Aug 2013 | 02:06 am
I feel increasingly helpless. I'm getting more and more comments, often on old posts, from people who are desperate because they, or someone in their family, has had their benefits stopped. It's hea...
Confusion - and a rant from IDS 12 Aug 2013 | 01:57 pm
Are Tesco and Next importing foreign workers because they cost less than British ones? It's the claim by Labour MP Chris Bryant, indignantly denied by the firms concerned, and it's all a bit confused...
Zero hours and food banks 10 Aug 2013 | 12:43 pm
It's the silly season, when the politicians and lots of the journalists are on holiday so there's no news. But life goes on for the rest of us. And there have been two topics still being covered. T...
Round-up 3 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm
I'm sure we were all looking forward to hearing Iain Duncan Smith questioned about his and his department's use of statistics on 4 September. But according to a blog, this is not now going to happen....
Lessons in outsourcing and bias 31 Jul 2013 | 01:17 pm
The last few days have seen a graphic example of the perils of outsourcing. As the NHS is gradually auctioned off, one of the pieces up for grabs was the GP out-of-hours contracts. Serco got the job...
"I'm proud of our welfare reforms" says IDS 29 Jul 2013 | 02:03 am
An astonishing piece appears on the Guardian site today in which Iain Duncan Smith is given the space to tell us how proud he is of his welfare "reforms". There's no point in my analysing it for fals...
Burying bad news 24 Jul 2013 | 12:52 pm
The birth of the Windsor baby, and the fact that MPs and their journalist mates are all on holiday, meant that a significant news story was effectively buried. The papers which did pick it up are a b...
