Several years ago Julie McCaffrey, 36, was a young employed mum, balancing her position as an administrator with looking after her son, Lee. She enjoyed her position at the children’s centre she’d worked at since the age of 18 and had a comfortable life in the bungalow she shared with her partner and son. AllContinue reading “Disabled Single Mum Is Left Trapped”
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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””
Benefit Money Wrongly Denied To Stephen Smith
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”
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”
Christmas Housing Crisis
Almost 320,000 people will be homeless this Christmas because of the housing crisis. There’s one in 200 people that are living in makeshift accommodation, hostels or sleeping rough, and the amount of homeless has increased by 13,000 last year to 319,837. This includes 294,952 people in emergency accommodation or B&Bs, 5,096 rough sleepers, 14,867 inContinue reading “Christmas Housing Crisis”
Should UKIP be excluded from TV election debates – David Cameron seems to think so!
Is David Cameron shitting his pants… The Prime Minister is giving backing to general election discussions, but expresses they should be restricted to applicants likely to be the winners. As he voiced his support for general election television discussions, he as well pointed out that Nigel Farage should be left out of those debates. TheContinue reading “Should UKIP be excluded from TV election debates – David Cameron seems to think so!”
Back to the workhouse
The most recent squeeze is the governments aim at dealing with a deficit sourced by the wealthy and, is to carry on penalising the poor for being poor. Presently they’re forming a plan to make the jobless carry out four week periods of mandatory unpaid work, or have their benefits stopped for up to threeContinue reading “Back to the workhouse”
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