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Benefits sanctions “pointlessly cruel” says new report
A report released on Tuesday condemned the Tory government’s benefit sanctions regime. The MPs’ Work and Pensions Committee said the human cost of sanctions, where benefits are withheld, is “simply too high” and “pointlessly cruel”. Benefit sanctions are penalties imposed on claimants who do not meet conditions such as attending job centre meetings. As well … Continue reading
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Third Way has long supported wider ownership of industry and services through co-operatives and trusts. We are also strong supporters of small and family businesses. We therefore wwelcome the statement this week from Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell that workers should have the right to buy out their bosses. Mr McDonnell said there was a … Continue reading
Licence-fee payers should be handed a stake in the BBC by becoming its shareholders, Tessa Jowell has proposed. The former secretary of state for culture, media and sports called for the BBC to be transformed into a publicly owned mutual in order to ensure more accountability and responsiveness. The mutualisation of the BBC was one … Continue reading
ONE OF the central tenets of bioregionalism is scale, and specifically human scale. The reason is that the love and care for a place on the earth – which is what bioregionalism is all about – can happen only when the human community knows and becomes part of the natural systems and seasons of the … Continue reading
THE latest issue of Liveable Nation is out now! LN describes itself as the ‘Newsletter and Think-Tank of Progressive Nationalism’ and is dedicated to ‘National Ecology, Social Justice, Monetary Reform and Peace’. Issue 2 has been a long time coming, but the wait has definitely been well worth it. Edited by Wayne Sturgeon, it boasts … Continue reading
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