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The U.K plans to jail people working illegally in England and Wales for up to six months in a bid to deter undocumented migrants, particularly the current influx of asylum-seekers from Calais. And takeaway restaurants and liquor stores, long the doma...

Claimants suddenly develop mysterious superpowers after being sanctioned | Politics and Insights Posted by Mike Sivier on his Vox Political blog and nothing to do with the Simon who founded the ABC we might add:    

Iain Duncan Smith has said his officials who used fictional claimants to show the impact of benefit sanctions could face disciplinary action. This is predictable of IDS as he tries to force others to take the blame. The Secretary of State is the Head...

With all the calls for Duncan Smith to resign, we came across this nugget of information. According to Hurriyet Daily, up to three-quarters of suicide attacks are now carried out by women because they face less security scrutiny and have many options...

Debbie Abrahams MP has called for Ian Duncan Smith, Secretary of State to resign. This is pretty powerful stuff. You would not say such things about an individual Member of Parliament, never mind a government minister, unless relations were at breaki...

This is a rather baffling one for us. Simon Collyer the ABC founder managed to aquire two speeding tickets from a local speed camera in Colchester on getting back to driving after five years. A notorious camera at the end of a long sloping road.The a...

Great News that Frank Field MP is taking up our complaint about Universal Credit to Ian Duncan Smith at parliamentary Question Time.  Why are not Company Directors and Charity Directors allowed to apply for Universal Credit? FROM MY LETTER Many...

From the BBC The Department for Work and Pensions has admitted using made-up stories from fictional claimants to demonstrate the positive impact of benefit sanctions. A DWP leaflet featured one welfare claimant, "Sarah", who said she was "really plea...

RightsInfo is about bringing human rights to life using beautiful infographics, stories and social media. The project is the brainchild of leading barrister Adam Wagner, founder of the acclaimed UK Human Rights Blog. Human rights...

Priti Patel: In the HofP 'Let me say again, for the record, that we will publish the data—[Interruption]—and that, before the autumn, we will publish all the aspects of those data that we have been asked to publish.' List of upcoming ad hoc stat...