What you’re not being told about Europe’s verdict on social security

The Tactics, propaganda and what could untimely could be construed as Nazism. The welfare reform which this coalition is delivering basically is a continued assault on the poor. The disabled, those looking for work and even those in low paid jobs have been deionised by their propaganda machine. Robbed of their entitlements by a corrupt DWP and their associated unlawful and unethical assessments. They should be like their counterparts be brought to justice

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“Manifestly inadequate” are words that should ring in Iain Duncan Smith’s ears for some time to come.

They are the Council of Europe’s verdict on the UK’s social security system of payments for jobseekers, pensioners and recipients of both short- and long-term incapacity benefit.

The Council, an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation, is home to the European Court of Human Rights.

The finding was made in an annual review of the UK’s adherence to the council’s European Social Charter. If the UK’s Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition government takes no action to rectify the situation, then the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers may address a recommendation to the UK, asking it to change the situation in law or in practice. This is clearly a weak way of handling a situation…

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