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‘The international movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) has announced plans to expand its anti-Israeli boycott, Press TV reports. The move, which comes amid the ongoing Palestinian uprising against Israel, has raised concerns among authorities in the Tel Aviv regime as the BDS has badly affected the Israeli economy. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions […]

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‘It seems the DWP is getting devious with its ploys to take away people’s benefits – or at least the extras derived from them. In this story, Olivia gets to keep PIP – but must lose her Motability car. The DWP then cleverly offered to let her keep the vehicle until next April in an […]

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‘The Scottish Welfare Reform Committee has heard evidence at Holyrood about Jobcentre staff bullying claimants, often reducing them to tears. The Committee heard from witnesses who are claimants on a first-name basis only, because of fears that the disclosures may lead to sanctioning by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). Nicholas Young, whose firm […]

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It has transpired that US defense companies bypassed US sanctions to purchase several Russian helicopters. It goes about Mi-8 and Mi-17 choppers. Reporters of the Slovak publication Actuality conducted their own journalistic investigation on the subject. According to them, US companies spent not less than $500 million on Russian helicopters. The choppers will be reportedly […]

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‘If Belgrade joins the EU in its policy of anti-Russian sanctions, it would mean that Serbia has lost its independence and turned into a colony, said Sandra Raskovic-Ivic, the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. The government of Serbia wants to join the EU, but it has repeatedly stated in the past that Serbia […]

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‘The European Union will announce on Sunday the formal end to economic sanctions on Iran, a European news agency says. Citing Western diplomatic sources, the Agence France Press said Saturday the decision will take effect around the end of the year. EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will […]

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‘The Conservative Government has been challenged to let experts analyse the effects of its policies on benefit claimants, following the publication of – extremely limited – mortality figures in August. Disability studies specialist and disability activist Samuel Miller has written to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, and employment minister Priti Patel, asking whether […]

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‘The US Senate is considering a bill that would allow Washington to slap fresh sanctions against Tehran on alleged terrorism-related charges. The bill, drafted by Democratic Senator Ben Cardin from Maryland, will pave the way for new anti-Iran bans in case it is approved in the Senate, al-Monitor media website reported on Wednesday. Reports, however, […]

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‘The UN is to visit the UK to investigate whether Iain Duncan Smith’s welfare reforms have caused “grave or systematic violations” of disabled peoples’ human rights, it has been reported. A leading disability charity says that they have been contacted by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as part of an […]

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‘Today marks 100 days since David Cameron recorded a shock victory at the general election to deliver the first majority Conservative government in 18 years. As politicians, civil servants, pundits and the nation braced themselves for another hung parliament and the potential for weeks of coalition negotiations, some doubted whether a government would have even […]

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‘The UK’s statistics watchdog has called on the Department of Work and Pensions to give “objective and impartial” information on benefits sanctions, it has been reported. The Guardian reports that Sir Andrew Dilnot, Chief of the UK Statistics Authority, is to write to the department’s leading statistician to request that they publish a greater volume […]

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‘Overweight people who refuse to lose weight could see their benefits worth around £100 a week cut or suspended, David Cameron will announce. “We must look at what we do when people simply say no thanks and refuse that help but expect taxpayers to carry on funding their benefits,” he will tell reporters during a […]

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‘Tory advisers are demanding a crucial review of the government’s benefits sanctions regime, following months of criticism over its devastating impact on the disabled, single parents and ethnic minority children. The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC), which offers the government impartial advice on social policy, insists the Tory policy of scrapping claimants’ benefits payments must […]

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