A cancer victim who was given months to live claims she has had her benefits terminated because she’s survived longer than anticipated. Single mum Kathy Hall says she has always sought to fight her disease but feels like she’s being punished and says she now feels like she’s deteriorating and is a hostage in herContinue reading “Cancer Sufferer Has Benefits Axed”
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DWP Universal Credit: 700 Suspected Errors
More than 700 suspected errors in Universal Credit have been flagged in 18 months by a single town hall. Labour-run Tower Hamlets started collecting the figures in April 2018 over concerns the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was not dealing robustly enough with problems. Since then the deprived London borough’s officers have reported 728Continue reading “DWP Universal Credit: 700 Suspected Errors”
DWP Tories Confronted In Parliament
Tory DWP ministers were confronted in the House of Commons with explicit photos of a man who was refused disability benefit. The man was denied the crucial mobility element of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) despite having bones coming through his flesh as the Independent MP unfurled photos of the unidentified man’s gnarled hands and feetContinue reading “DWP Tories Confronted In Parliament”
Petition Launched To Scrap Privatised Disability Benefit Assessments
The brother of a disabled man who was refused essential benefits while he was dying has started a petition to stop the outsourcing of assessments to private companies by the UK government. Jamie Oliver died on April 9 following a lengthy battle with chronic liver disease after being denied Personal Independence Payment by the DWPContinue reading “Petition Launched To Scrap Privatised Disability Benefit Assessments”
Universal Credit Warning
Victims have reported being offered loans on their doorstep, on the telephone, or through social media, and some people who currently get government benefits or who qualify for Universal Credit have been targeted by the scam. The fraudsters are then leaving the victims up to £1,500 out of pocket, and Action Fraud has issued aContinue reading “Universal Credit Warning”
Theresa May Wrongly Takes Credit
“We are seeing many more people — over 900,000 more disabled people — in work as a result of what this government have done” That was the claim from Theresa May at what was supposed to be her penultimate Prime Minister’s Questions. We guess she’s referring to the Office for National Statistics’ Labour Force Survey,Continue reading “Theresa May Wrongly Takes Credit”
Man With Brain Tumour
A man left reeling following a brain tumour diagnosis says he was forced to fill out forms for six hours as he applied for Universal Credit because Neil MacVicar had to leave his bar manager job in London and move back into his parents home in Inverness as he battled cancer. The 26-year-old said heContinue reading “Man With Brain Tumour”
Esther McVey Trousered £17,000
Tory welfare chief Esther McVey trousered a £17,000 payoff when she resigned from the Cabinet, after only 10 months in the job. The MP took the £16,876 golden goodbye for resigning as Work and Pensions Secretary over Brexit last November, and at the time the hard Brexiteer claimed she could not look constituents in theContinue reading “Esther McVey Trousered £17,000”
Up To 220,000 Disabled People Will Have To Wait
Esther McVey has said that up to 220,000 disabled people will have to wait all summer for benefit payments they deserve. Mentally sick people face having to last through the school holidays without additional Personal Independence Payments (PIP), despite winning the right to them in the High Court. The claimants are set to get aContinue reading “Up To 220,000 Disabled People Will Have To Wait”
Disabled Universal Credit Migration Arrangements Ruled “Unlawful”
The High Court has once again administered a damaging typhoon to the government’s Universal Credit plans. A judge has ordered the government’s Universal Credit migration arrangements for those who previously received the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) and, moved onto Universal Credit before 16 January 2019 as; “unlawful.” Now the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)Continue reading “Disabled Universal Credit Migration Arrangements Ruled “Unlawful””
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 