The SNP has accused the UK Tory government of attempting to prevent MSPs from supporting Universal Credit claimants through the appeals process and SNP MSP Linda Fabiani has hit out at new changes imposed by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) that requires claimants to sign a waiver form explaining why they have approachedContinue reading “Tories Trying To Keep Universal Credit Claimants In The Dark”
Category Archives: Universal Credit
Women on Universal Credit Left Selling Sex For £5
Women on Universal Credit have been left so desperate that they selling sex for just £5 and MPs have been warned that women are turning to prostitution to survive due to the five-week wait for their benefits to be paid. But a Government enquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee has discovered a fundamental designContinue reading “Women on Universal Credit Left Selling Sex For £5”
Universal Credit Staff Taped Making Disgusting Comments About Claimants
Benefits managers have been caught on tape making horrifying remarks about claimants and one advocated blowing them up with grenades, another accused them of getting money for nothing while the disabled were accused of faking it. And in one disturbing recorded conversation, a manager said: “The police sometimes have sting operations where they gather peopleContinue reading “Universal Credit Staff Taped Making Disgusting Comments About Claimants”
Cancer Sufferer Has Benefits Axed
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”
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”
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”
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 Refuses To Apologise
Esther McVey has refused six times to atone for the rollout of Universal Credit in an agonising live radio clash, as the former Work and Pensions Secretary turned an interview into a car wreck as she savagely declined to say the word “sorry” for the six-in-one benefit’s flaws. She was asked six times by LBCContinue reading “Esther McVey Refuses To Apologise”
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””
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