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WTF?

Social housing residents told to sign 'ambition'
plan as part of tenancies

Social housing tenants will be expected to keep fit, give up smoking and actively look for work, under a controversial new scheme devised by a major housing association.

Yarlington Housing Group, which manages 9,000 homes in Somerset, has come under fire for its so-called Household Ambition Plan (HAP), which new residents will be expected to sign when they agree fixed-term seven-year tenancies.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...mbitionplan-as-part-of-tenancies-8590713.html
 
Hurtling back to the 19th Century, be interesting to see how this came about, trustees decision, etc, another rubicon crossed, worth its own thread deffo..
 
treelover said:
Hurtling back to the 19th Century, be interesting to see how this came about, trustees decision, etc, another rubicon crossed, worth its own thread deffo..
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I agree. Needs lots of publicity, although I fear Daily Mail types will swamp their Facebook page with messages of support :D
 
treelover said:
Hurtling back to the 19th Century, be interesting to see how this came about, trustees decision, etc, another rubicon crossed, worth its own thread deffo..
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I've been talking about the neo-Victorian bent of the UK's neoliberals for more than a decade - in fact pretty much since Blair started all his "third way" third-sector bollocks of getting charities, cooperatives and HAs tangled up in provision of state services. We're not "hurtling back". We've been there since at least 2006, but it's only within the last 2 years that the policies and the political space has been available to actually finish activating those policies.
 
yeh, liberal bollocks
"You're doing this as an experiment for five days," says Jack Monroe. "But when it is your way of life, and you haven't got any choice over it, it's not a fun experiment."
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https://www.livebelowtheline.com/uk

Check out the vid:

https://www.livebelowtheline.com/uk-en-thecause

Live Below the Line is an innovative awareness and fundraising campaign that's making a huge difference in the fight against extreme poverty.
Quite simply, we’re building a movement of passionate people willing and able to make a meaningful difference to those who need it most.
Live Below the Line is challenging individuals and communities to see how much change you can make out of £1. By living off just £1 per day for food for 5 days, you will be bringing to life the direct experiences of the 1.4 billion people currently living in extreme poverty and helping to make real change.
Think about that figure - 1.4 BILLION - that's over 20 times the population of the UK - living every day in extreme poverty.

- See more at: https://www.livebelowtheline.com/uk-en-thecause#sthash.B8KLxU5N.dpuf

hmmm :hmm:
 
stuff_it said:
Now the Beeb is publishing recipes for nettle soup and battery eggs... :facepalm:

State media much?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22263706
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christ, they ran another article talking about £12/week being enough food (for a single woman, but not presented clearly like that) in the past couple of days.
Look at how many different supermarkets you'd have to visit to do it, that'd cost me £4 on a bus or take a good two to three hours of walking, and I'm fairly fortunate in that a high street about 30 minutes walk from me has both an ASDA and a Sainsbury's, and I've got a Co-op closer than that. Tesco is like 45 minutes the other way though.
Fucking nonsense even when you disregard the whole 5 day bullshit, and forget about the energy costs involved in cooking the food and that you have to buy in quantity to get those prices - 10g of Brie? You have to spend a couple of quid at least to get the Brie at all, you can't just buy 10g of Brie.
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-22342672

A court has heard how a 50-year-old man threatened to set both himself and a Borders health centre on fire after having his benefits cut.
John McCarry of Galashiels doused himself in petrol and held the rest of a half-full plastic bottle in one hand and a lighter in the other.
The court was told he was angry that he had been declared fit to work.
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BigTom said:
christ, they ran another article talking about £12/week being enough food (for a single woman, but not presented clearly like that) in the past couple of days.
Look at how many different supermarkets you'd have to visit to do it, that'd cost me £4 on a bus or take a good two to three hours of walking, and I'm fairly fortunate in that a high street about 30 minutes walk from me has both an ASDA and a Sainsbury's, and I've got a Co-op closer than that. Tesco is like 45 minutes the other way though.
Fucking nonsense even when you disregard the whole 5 day bullshit, and forget about the energy costs involved in cooking the food and that you have to buy in quantity to get those prices - 10g of Brie? You have to spend a couple of quid at least to get the Brie at all, you can't just buy 10g of Brie.
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he seems to think that you get 26 cloves in a bulb of garlic, which is patently bullshit.
 
weepiper said:
I blogged on the 'live on x paltry amount per day' articles

http://furcoatnaenicks.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/povertys-easy-youre-just-doing-it-wrong/
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‘Even with kids you just need to look up things to do on the internet, there are so many free things in and around where you live.’
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And how the fuck's Kath Kelly paying for her internet if she's living on a pound a day?

Is that your blog though? Nice one :cool:

E2a - aw ffs,
Made the most of free buffets at public events and celebrations
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- One of the worst smackheads on the estate I used to live on in Rochdale used to always take his kids to Christening dos and the like at the local church with the sole intention of freeloading the scran that was on offer. Til he got his kids took off him. Is she really advocating doing that as a good idea? Magical memories of childhood "Yeah, we never had food in our cupboards so we used to have to turn up at places like beggars at the gate". Christ.
 
Frances Lengel said:
And how the fuck's Kath Kelly paying for her internet if she's living on a pound a day?

Is that your blog though? Nice one :cool:

E2a - aw ffs, - One of the worst smackheads on the estate I used to live on in Rochdale used to always take his kids to Christening dos and the like at the local church with the sole intention of freeloading the scran that was on offer. Til he got his kids took off him. Is she really advocating doing that as a good idea? Magical memories of childhood "Yeah, we never had food in our cupboards so we used to have to turn up at places like beggars at the gate". Christ.
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Yeah it is mine, thanks :) re the rest, I know, right? It's just fucking preposterous. It makes me angry that people should be even suggesting that anyone should live like that in this fucking day and age.
 
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