Sacred Cows for slaughter
January 1, 2015 11:20 pm Leave your thoughts
A few thoughts from Felix McHugh to great 2015
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80 years of inhumanity, and counting….
April 4, 2014 12:00 am Leave your thoughts More reports of callousness and chaos from the world of social security appeals as revealed by welfare rights officer, Felix McHugh
Workfare: Hardly Fair
November 4, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Workfare has been in the news again this week. The Supreme Court ruled for Cait Reilly and against the DWP on three out of four counts, and yet IDS declared that the Department had "won" the case
Media prejudice
August 4, 2013 11:33 pm Leave your thoughts The 6 o'clock news may not have mentioned it but an investigation by the BBC Trust criticised John Humphrys' The Future of the Welfare State
The race to the bottom of the political barrel continues as claimants head for food banks
July 16, 2013 10:08 pm Leave your thoughts Felix McHugh describes how Tory policy is rolling back the clock to the Victorian era
Universal Credit: UC what U want 2C
June 2, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts The Major Projects Authority has serious doubts about the prospects for Iain Duncan Smith's pet project, the Universal Credit, says Felix McHugh
An uninformed MP and a bigoted Judge
March 31, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Ungrateful as I feel for bashing someone who was actually trying to be helpful, it was difficult not to (a) laugh and then (b) groan at a short letter I recently received from a client's local MP, writes Felix McHugh
Waiting 17 months for an appeal (Part 2)
January 18, 2013 8:31 pm Leave your thoughts
Felix McHugh reveals the outcome of Paula's appeal
Waiting 17 months for an appeal…
January 14, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Paula is depressed. She has no motivation to look after herself, to eat or to get dressed. Some days she stays in bed and doesn't open the curtains. Felix McHugh discusses the hurdles one of his clients faces in trying to navigate the welfare system.
Ain’t football grand?
January 2, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
For most of us an annual salary of £70,000 would be the stuff of dreams but for some young adults an offer of that nature would be considered a gross insult, says Felix McHugh