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A4E and WorkDirections Invaded! Action Against the Welfare Reform Bill

March 14, 2009 admin5

Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty protested at High Riggs Job Centre on 13 March against the new Welfare Reform Bill. We condemn the legislation, currently under consideration by the Westminster Parliament, as “an attack on the poor”. Around 15 protesters later invaded the Edinburgh offices of A4E and Work Directions, displaying placards calling on people to resist the Bill….Read moreRead more

Council Tax Resisters Besiege Council

February 5, 2009 admin5

Anti Council Tax resisters besieged Edinburgh City Chambers today 5th February after the Council barred members of the public from the public gallery during the full City of Edinburgh Council meeting. Police eventually moved in to manhandle demonstrators out of the Chambers entrance. “The Council are acting like tinpot dictators – but we wont be intimidated,” say…Read moreRead more

RESIST THE UNFAIR COUNCIL TAX! Demonstrate at the Council Meeting on 5th February WE STOP THE SHERIFF!

January 22, 2009 admin5

Resist the unfair Council policy of threatening thousands of people in arrears with sequestration! Demonstrate at the council meeting 9.30am Thursday 5th Feb 2009 City of Edinburgh Council meeting, City chambers, High St, Edinburgh Organised by Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty The Council Tax is widely recognised as being unfair, disproportionately hitting those on low and…Read moreRead more

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ACCOMPANIED TO JOBCENTRE INTERVIEWS and that’s official!

December 10, 2008 admin5

Mr Bill Wilson, Jobcentreplus District Manager for Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders, has stated “there will always be times when customers feel the need to be supported by a friend or advice worker and we will always try to accommodate this, whenever possible.”  (letter to Edinburgh Claimants 18.11.2008) Mr Wilson wrote this letter in response to…Read moreRead more

Edinburgh City Finance Committee Disrupted

November 13, 2008 admin5

Members of Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty disrupted the Finance and Resources Committee meeting at the City Chambers on Tuesday 11th November, after the committee agreed to the second phase of the aggressive collection of council tax arrears, which the group argue is unjust. Angry protests from the public benches forced the Councillors to temporarily abandon…Read moreRead more