When asked twice today if young people’s benefits would be reduced if they declined to accept employment or training, a cabinet minister squirmed. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall eventually committed to the move after a toe-curling discussion on Sky News over Labour’s new welfare crackdown. Keir Starmer has promised “sweeping changes,” including a crackdown on cheatersContinue reading “Benefits Will Be Lost If People Refuse To Work”
Tag Archives: Benefits
Fraudster Who Stole £50,000 From Benefits
Despite defrauding £50,000 worth of benefits, a fraudster secured employment processing Universal Credit claims. Chido Vincent was employed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in 2014, despite serving an 18-month jail sentence for exceeding his immigration limits and forging a letter to apply for benefits. For reasons unconnected to his conviction, the 57-year-oldContinue reading “Fraudster Who Stole £50,000 From Benefits”
LIVING HELL
MAN: I’m 65 years old, homeless, and doing a dead-end job. I’m told I have to work until the day I die. In October 2023, Gary Evans left his private rental apartment of 13 years to take a new position as a live-in caretaker. However, his intentions were derailed when the woman he was supposedContinue reading “LIVING HELL”
Trial Of Bank Account Monitoring Reveals 63,000 Benefit Claimants Breaking Rules
Tens of thousands of claimants were found to be in violation of benefit regulations during the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) trial of its new bank monitoring capabilities. The DWP is currently working on tackling fraud, debt, and error in the benefit system. One of the new plans will give the DWP the power to check the claimant’s bank accounts.Continue reading “Trial Of Bank Account Monitoring Reveals 63,000 Benefit Claimants Breaking Rules”
The ‘Spiralling’ Benefits Bill Is Unsustainable, Warns Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak unveiled a ‘moral mission’ to get Brits off benefits today as he warned that numbers out of the workforce are ‘unsustainable’ and ‘tragic’. In a major speech drawing dividing lines for the election, the PM pledged to crack down on the country’s ‘sick note culture’, insisting normal ‘life worries’ are not a reason to be signed off. HeContinue reading “The ‘Spiralling’ Benefits Bill Is Unsustainable, Warns Rishi Sunak “
Ecuadorian Cleaner Sacked For Eating Leftover Tuna Sandwich Found In Meeting Room
A cleaner is suing a city law firm that earns £46 million a year after she claims she was fired for eating a leftover sandwich. The Ecuadorian single mother filed the claim after working for a company under contract with the corporate legal firm Devonshires in London. She was fired shortly before Christmas, according toContinue reading “Ecuadorian Cleaner Sacked For Eating Leftover Tuna Sandwich Found In Meeting Room”
A New Welfare Clampdown Will Force Housebound And Mentally Ill People To Work From Home
People housebound with physical and mental conditions will be told to look for employment they can do from home or face having their benefits cut under hardline welfare reforms. Under plans to be unveiled by Rishi Sunak, they will be told that being unable to leave home is no obstacle to finding work, thanks toContinue reading “A New Welfare Clampdown Will Force Housebound And Mentally Ill People To Work From Home “
DWP Announces First Strike Dates Over Christmas
Union chiefs have announced their first in a surge of walkouts at the Department for Work and Pensions as employees walk out for two weeks over Christmas. About 200 benefits staff will down tools between December 19 and 30 at three Jobcentres in Liverpool and a back office in Doncaster. The union expects it toContinue reading “DWP Announces First Strike Dates Over Christmas”
Hard-up Britons Get A Boost From Rishi Sunak’s Cost Of Living Increase
It was claimed that Rishi Sunak will announce a significant rise in the national living wage and also give eight million households cost of living payments worth up to £1,100. The new Prime Minister is set to prioritise support for the most impoverished people as he also signalled that he will keep the triple lockContinue reading “Hard-up Britons Get A Boost From Rishi Sunak’s Cost Of Living Increase”
A Couple’s Wedding Is Canceled Because The Venue 300 Miles Away From Channel Will Be Used For Asylum Seekers
A couple told of their devastation after their wedding in a luxury hotel 300 miles away from the English Channel was cancelled due to the venue being secured by officials to accommodate asylum seekers. Simon Pritchard and Lucy Campbell, 28, were just five weeks away from tying the knot at the four-star Hilton Garden InnContinue reading “A Couple’s Wedding Is Canceled Because The Venue 300 Miles Away From Channel Will Be Used For Asylum Seekers”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 