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Workfare: Hardly Fair

November 4, 2013 12:00 am Published by 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


Waiting 17 months for an appeal…

January 14, 2013 12:00 am Published by 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 Published by 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