A spirited group of unique mums reported the real chaos of Universal Credit in a damning testimony to Parliament. The ladies explained how the Tories six in one benefit, intended to be a better system that makes work pay left them with £1,000 childcare charges, overdue payment fines and even being booted out of theContinue reading “True Horror Of Universal Credit”
Category Archives: Universal Credit
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”
Heartbreaking Universal Credit
Top Tory Amber Rudd has been cited of shrugging off heartbreaking Universal Credit stories by insinuating they are about one or two people, that’s almost as bad as saying “whatever.” What planet does she even live on because it certainly isn’t the one we live on. Is she actually that dumb or was it thatContinue reading “Heartbreaking Universal Credit”
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”
Former Soldier On Universal Credit
An army veteran has blasted the Government’s questionable Universal Credit rules after alleging he was made to live on only £8 a week. Former combat medic Daniel Johnson has been struggling to make ends meet since July after the six-in-one benefit left him with only £32 a month spare. The 45-year-old, who served with theContinue reading “Former Soldier On Universal Credit”
Forced Into Prostitution To Make Thirty Quid
A single mum relying on Universal Credit was driven into prostitution to make a swift £30. Julie, from Merseyside, turned to prostitution after waiting eight weeks for her first payment from the questionable new benefits policy, but she felt really discouraged and ashamed following the exchange but was desperate to stay afloat. Julie who askedContinue reading “Forced Into Prostitution To Make Thirty Quid”
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”
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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