The money six-stone Stephen Smith was unfairly denied in benefits will now be used to pay for his funeral, because the 64-year-old died only a few months after winning a lengthy battle with the Department of Work and Pensions after staff considered he was fit for work, despite being severely ill, they still denied himContinue reading “Benefit Money Wrongly Denied To Stephen Smith”
Category Archives: DWP
Being Rejected For Disability Benefit
Approximately 8,000 people have died within six months of being rejected for a key disability benefit, with new figures unveiling that 7,990 people had an application for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) turned down, only to die inside six months since 2013. 3,680 of them were turned down less than three months before their death, andContinue reading “Being Rejected For Disability Benefit”
Universal Credit Nightmare
A single mum with breast cancer was left with only 84 pence after a Universal Credit nightmare. Teacher Gillian Sykes found out she had cancer in January and is preparing to have a double mastectomy operation in the summer, and she has had to quit her job as a supply teacher but said that she’sContinue reading “Universal Credit Nightmare”
Universal Credit Dad-Of-Three Tried To Kill Himself
A dad who was driven to desperation by Universal Credit tried to kill himself while on the telephone to the DWP after he was denied payment for 10 weeks. Dean Lovell-Payne, 52, who was disabled by a fall, took a large overdose in September 2018 after having to endure approximately three months without gettingContinue reading “Universal Credit Dad-Of-Three Tried To Kill Himself”
Childcare Payments Are Stopping Parents From Working
A new report from the mighty Work and Pensions Committee shows the governments Universal Credit policy is preventing people from returning to work, and the way that childcare payments are paid in Universal Credit directly clashes with the Government’s principal aim for the policy, getting more people into work. One of the government’s principal sellingContinue reading “Childcare Payments Are Stopping Parents From Working”
Huge Universal Credit Cut
A wicked benefit cut hitting 15,000 families a year will be eliminated in a screeching U-turn just three weeks before it was expected to take force, and Tory welfare chief Amber Rudd will announce she is axing an extension of the ‘two-child limit’ that was set to kick in on February 1. The policy preventsContinue reading “Huge Universal Credit Cut”
Depressed Mum Killed Herself
A mum pursued by the NHS over charges of only £29 took her own life by overdosing on the anti-depressants that forced her into debt. Penny Oliver owed sums of £8.60 and £20.60, but with penalty charges and surcharges these soared, the second one alone rising to £120.60. And having lost hundreds of pounds aContinue reading “Depressed Mum Killed Herself”
Becoming Homeless Under Universal Credit
A pensioner who cares for her brain-damaged teenage granddaughter worries they could lose their home because of benefit cuts as she goes over to Universal Credit. Jean Godfrey has brought up Emily Lydon, who has the human kind of mad cow disease since she was a baby. The 19-year-old’s condition started in the womb whenContinue reading “Becoming Homeless Under Universal Credit”
Cancer Payments: Terminally Ill Man On Months Of Delays
A terminally sick man has been made to feel humiliated after being handed a food bank voucher surrounded by delays to his benefit payments. After the man was identified with having terminal cancer, he filled in the relevant forms, yet for three months was given no money at all. His story was highlighted by theContinue reading “Cancer Payments: Terminally Ill Man On Months Of Delays”
The Cover Up Man!
The rolling out of Universal Credit has been an absolute catastrophe and; very poorly controlled, overambitious and poor value for money. The assault sheet is appalling because there were no acceptable measures of development, computer systems lack the capacity to recognise potentially dishonest claims and, a £34 million venture in IT organisation had to be writtenContinue reading “The Cover Up Man!”
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