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Blog, Poverty and Inequality · 24 April, 2013

DWP’s cleverly worded truth, leads to very many lies

This morning’s DODS parliamentary briefing carried a story under the headline. 1 Million ‘STUCK ON BENEFITS’ One million people capable of working are “stuck” on benefits, the Work and Pensions Secretary will say today. He didn’t say that – if he did he would have been lying. However all three …

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Blog, Poverty and Inequality · 3 April, 2013

Philpott: Twisting one story to tar a whole section of our society.

The report “The lies we tell ourselves” includes the following paragraph “It is always possible to find examples of individual good or bad behaviour, including by people living in poverty. It is also possible to use a story of this example to justify an opinion. However we should not attempt to …

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Blog, Poverty and Inequality · 26 March, 2013

More nonsense about the cost of welfare – and why it is a myth that never dies.

“Benefits spending up £6.4billion in just three months,” cries the Daily Telegraph.This is simply not true. What is true is that the predicted costs of the total welfare system over the next 5 years have been revised upwards by a grand total of 0.6%. Most of the 0.6% change is estimated to happen …

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Blog, Poverty and Inequality · 13 March, 2013

Using Myths about Poverty to Defend the Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill

The Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill, currently going through Parliament, risks driving 200,000 more children into poverty. Churches have called for benefits which specifically help children to not be cut. For this reason Churches and church leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have asked …

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Blog, Brief, Reflection · 6 March, 2013

Sermon notes: What – are we blind too?

Read John 9 There is a pseudo-condition called Domestic Blindness. If you suffer from (usually male) Domestic Blindness you will be familiar with the experience of spending ages searching for an item in the house. When all options are exhausted, you have to ask for help – only to be told by your …

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Blog, Poverty and Inequality · 26 March, 2012

Worklessness or Unemployment?

by Tim Stacey How we describe something changes how we think of something. It is different to say that someone “cannot find a job” or is unemployed than it is to say that person is workless. Saying that a person is workless puts their lack of work as a characteristic of their personrather than as …

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