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Senior DWP figure made ableist joke outside Access to Work inquiry

Senior DWP figure made ableist joke outside Access to Work inquiry

A senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made an ableist joke whilst waiting to give evidence on the department’s failings. Disability News Service reports that Neil Couling, director general of DWP services and fraud, made the joke surrounded by other senior figures in a corridor in Portcullis House. They were all waiting to give evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the National Audit Office’s (NAO) joint inquiry into Access to Work. Couling shows exactly who the DWP are The DWP came under fire because it’s quietly cutting Access to Work whilst forcing more disabled…

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No. 10 cat is the UK’s most stable, sensible figure — charlatans come and go

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No. 10 cat is the UK’s most stable, sensible figure — charlatans come and go

In 16 years of sick political farce, Number 10 has seen a string of toxic clowns and charlatans arrive, then leave in disgrace and dishonour. Starmer’s the latest. Outlasting every PM, including Starmer Six sorry excuses for PM in since 2015. In order, we have, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and now Keir Starmer — all now (wrong-side) history. And if Number 10 has seen them slink off, so has its cat, Larry. Seeing off foxes But sometimes the cat is more proactive. It even had enough sense to give Liz Truss, Donald Trump and Volodymyr…

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