Jacqueline Carmichael and her husband Jayson
THE government has successfully appealed against a ruling that tribunals can “rewrite” legislation that is incompatible with human rights law.
Jayson Carmichael, who is the full-time carer of his wife Jacqueline, appealed when Sefton Council reduced their housing benefit in November 2012 by 14 per cent under the bedroom tax.
Ms Carmichael, who suffers from spina bifida, needs to sleep in a fixed position in a special bed and, as there is no space for an additional bed in her bedroom, the couple require a two-bedroom flat.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
In part IV of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY tells how austerity minister Francis Maude’s attempt to destroy the PCS Civil Service union totally backfired
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES