Diary of a Benefit Scrounger

13.20 We hear that Rachel Reeves is on her way to Ed's office and will be promoted. Widely tipped to get Liam Byrne's job, leaks are...

God, I'm not sure I ever felt as demoralised or as close to giving up. It seems we will lose both Anne McGuire AND Liam Byrne in the res...

ARE YOU 18-25? This Government have really stuffed you. They've tripled tuition fees. Nearly a million of you can't find wo...

I haven't really blogged my experiences with social services. How do you write about three years, 13 assessments (OT, Adult services, ...

It's increasingly hard to write this blog. So much of what I do goes unsaid, so much I can't share. If I try to report an importan...

Catherine Hale is researching the Work Proramme for those in the WRAG (Work Related Activity Group of ESA). She's written this guest po...

Having listened to Ed's speech on Tuesday, right there, in the conference hall, the mantra "Britain can do better than this" f...