{"id":1939,"date":"2013-11-11T10:59:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T10:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2013-11-11T11:44:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T11:44:46","slug":"labour-mp-slams-the-harsh-use-of-benefit-sanctions-as-brutalising-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2013\/11\/11\/labour-mp-slams-the-harsh-use-of-benefit-sanctions-as-brutalising-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour MP Slams The \u2018Harsh\u2019 Use Of Benefit Sanctions As \u2018Brutalising\u2019 The Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\">A lot of good sense here.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">You can read Micheal Meachers blog here.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelmeacher.info\/weblog\/2013\/11\/its-not-just-austerity-its-deliberately-punitive\/\">http:\/\/www.michaelmeacher.info\/weblog\/2013\/11\/its-not-just-austerity-its-deliberately-punitive\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>About Micheal Meachers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Michael Meacher MP has been the Labout Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton since 1997.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He was first elected to Parliament in 1970 for Oldham West, reversing his previous defeat, and served as a junior minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan (Under-Secretary for Industry, 1974-75, Under-Secretary for Health and Social Security, 1975-79.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During opposition, from 1983 to 1997, he was in the Shadow Cabinet for fourteen years and also during this time lectured at the LSE. He stood against Roy Hattersley in the 1983 deputy leadership election and was a member of Labour\u2019s National Executive Committee from 1983 to 1989. Whilst in the Shadow Cabinet, he was Opposition Spokesperson on Health and Social Security 1983-87, Employment 1987-89, Social Security 1989-92, Overseas Development and Co-operation 1992-93, Citizen\u2019s Charter and Science 1993-94, Transport 1994-95, Employment 1995-96, and Environmental Protection 1996-97.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In Tony Blair\u2019s government, he was Minister of State for the Environment and Privy Counsellor from May 1997 to June 2003.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He is a Parliamentary representative and member of UNISON.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Michael is a member of the Fabian Society.<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/diana.stone1\/posts\/10151772783491129\" data-width=\"550\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/diana.stone1\/posts\/10151772783491129\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/diana.stone1\">Diana Stone<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of good sense here. You can read Micheal Meachers blog here. http:\/\/www.michaelmeacher.info\/weblog\/2013\/11\/its-not-just-austerity-its-deliberately-punitive\/ About Micheal Meachers. Michael Meacher MP has been the Labout Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton since 1997. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970 for Oldham West, reversing his previous defeat, and served as a junior minister &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2013\/11\/11\/labour-mp-slams-the-harsh-use-of-benefit-sanctions-as-brutalising-the-poor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Labour MP Slams The \u2018Harsh\u2019 Use Of Benefit Sanctions As \u2018Brutalising\u2019 The Poor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-vh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26628,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/12\/04\/the-guardian-view-on-labours-byelection-win-not-such-a-bad-week-after-all\/","url_meta":{"origin":1939,"position":0},"title":"The Guardian view on Labour\u2019s byelection win: not such a bad week after all","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Don\u2019t overstate what it all means \u2013 but Jeremy Corbyn was backed by most of his MPs over Syria and his party has now won an important byelection","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4285,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2014\/06\/22\/tens-of-thousands-march-in-london-against-coalitions-austerity-measures\/","url_meta":{"origin":1939,"position":1},"title":"Tens of thousands march in London against coalition&#8217;s austerity measures","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An estimated 50,000 people in London addressed by speakers, including Russell Brand, after People's Assembly march","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":580,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/12\/03\/dont-strike-up-the-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":1939,"position":2},"title":"Don&#8217;t strike up the band","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"By Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 02\/12\/2009 - 09:41 Visit a pub and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s every chance you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll hear background Muzak, or high-volume Sky Sports coverage of Premiership football. 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