Free school meals from next September for 5-7 yr olds.

[Fly]

Credit where it's due, nice to see someone will be getting something out of the government.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eat-up-free-school-meals-for-every-pupil-in-first-years-at-primary-school-8822480.html

[Pete]

And so the campaign to get the coalition re-elected in the next election begins....

I'll be watching this one.

[Old Cruser]

Sugar after the lemon game plan.

I have no problem with the free school dinners as the children are there anyway.

Agree with MR Pete - the game will hot up

[Big Dave]

Since when has government policy been announced at a party conference and not in parliament? Blatant electioneering two years ahead of the election; shows how desperate the Dim Libs are.

[Pete]

What he said.

[Fly]

Oh no 
I'm such a pillock, a politician lying to us 

[Old Cruser]

It's reported the LibDem Delegates have voted to have a review of the Bedroom Tax?

Are they now going to say 'we never wanted it' and are preparing to jump ship.

[Big Dave]

Apparently they're now the 'Party of Coalition' - which presumably means they'll jump any way which gives them a sniff of government. They really are a despicable unprincipled bunch.

[Old Cruser]

Maybe the recent publicity of the bedroom tax Dave may have had a tad to do with it.

Just a few clips below from the Benefits and Works


The bedroom tax also continues to give the DWP a headache, with four of the first five decisions in first-tier tribunals finding in favour of claimants. Plus, a UN envoy has called for the bedroom tax to be scrapped, sending former dodgy internet entrepreneur and Tory Party chair Grant Schapps into an incandescent, though factually inaccurate, rage.

Universal credit , meanwhile, is falling apart before our very eyes as IDS is accused of misleading parliament and, in turn, heaps blame on his civil servants.

Finally, as the government tries to keep the spotlight on benefits claimants and off tax avoiders by announcing stiffer penalties for benefits fraud, we take a moment to remember the punishment handed down to the Right Honourable David Laws, the government minister who dishonestly claimed £40,000 in housing payments .


Elsewhere, Disability Rights UK is reporting that Raquel Rolnik the United Nations special investigator who so outraged the Tories by her investigation into the bedroom tax (see below) now:

“ . . . wants to examine all of the recent welfare changes and welcomes personal stories about the WCA and how it is affecting people. This is because concerns have been raised about the number of WCA related deaths due to deteriorating health or suicide.

“Once these accounts are collated the evidence will be presented to the United Nations General Council in March.
“You can email Raquel Rolnik about your experiences with Atos, the WCA or any other welfare reform issue at srhousing@ohchr.org

If you would rather remain anonymous, disability rights campaigner Sue Marsh is offering to incorporate your story into the report she is compiling for the UN.

Raquel Rolnik visited the UK to look into housing policy and recommended that both the benefit cap and the bedroom tax be abolished. An enraged Shapps claimed that she had not been invited here and had not spoken to government ministers – both claims have since been proved to be untrue.

 Quote from Dave  They really are a despicable unprincipled bunch

Totally agree with you

[Old Cruser]

errr fink that was a bit off topic 
Sorry