Tag Archives: welfare benefits

Work is not a magical cure for people’s mental health problems

Posted on March 22, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Poverty is one of the key drivers of stress and anxiety. EMMA TURNER says that getting people back into work requires sensitive support As the head of an organisation that provides employment support for people with mental health … Continue reading →

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Anger over millionaire MP Philp’s ‘generous’ benefits claim

Posted on January 4, 2024 by insidecroydon

New year, same old Chris Philp. The gaffe-prone Tory MP for Croydon South put his foot in it yet again and angered millions of TV news viewers as he claimed that the nation’s benefits system is “very generous”. Philp, 47, … Continue reading →

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I Daniel Blake: a story being played out daily around Croydon

Posted on February 13, 2017 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Over the weekend, I Daniel Blake, the heart-rending story of our broken benefits system, was named British film of the year at the BAFTAs. And here at Inside Croydon Towers, we received this account from a Croydon mother … Continue reading →

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What politicians say and what they do: Gavin Barwell, Part 94

Posted on March 24, 2016 by insidecroydon

Conservative MP Gavin “The Pulitzer Prize is in the post” Barwell this week issued one of his regular email bulletins to his constituents in Croydon Central. It had this to say about disability benefits and his Tory Government’s recent proposal … Continue reading →

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