#universalcredit — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mp-asks-dwp-why-it-ignored-her-pleas-for-help-after-constituent-attempted-suicide-over-sanction-threat/. "A #Labour MP has publicly asked the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) why it ignored her #requests for #help, after a #constituent threatened with #sanctions over her #universalcredit claim attempted to take her own life. Rushanara Ali, the MP for Bethnel Green & Stepney... said that 'the fear of sanctions' had led to her constituent’s #mentalhealth deteriorating to the point that she made a #suicide attempt."

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mp-asks-dwp-why-it-ignored-her-pleas-for-help-after-constituent-attempted-suicide-over-sanction-threat/. "A #Labour MP has publicly asked the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) why it ignored her #requests for #help, after a #constituent threatened with #sanctions over her #universalcredit claim attempted to take her own life. Rushanara Ali, the MP for Bethnel Green & Stepney... said that 'the fear of sanctions' had led to her constituent’s #mentalhealth deteriorating to the point that she made a #suicide attempt."

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mp-asks-dwp-why-it-ignored-her-pleas-for-help-after-constituent-attempted-suicide-over-sanction-threat/. "A #Labour MP has publicly asked the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) why it ignored her #requests for #help, after a #constituent threatened with #sanctions over her #universalcredit claim attempted to take her own life. Rushanara Ali, the MP for Bethnel Green & Stepney... said that 'the fear of sanctions' had led to her constituent’s #mentalhealth deteriorating to the point that she made a #suicide attempt."

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mp-asks-dwp-why-it-ignored-her-pleas-for-help-after-constituent-attempted-suicide-over-sanction-threat/. "A #Labour MP has publicly asked the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) why it ignored her #requests for #help, after a #constituent threatened with #sanctions over her #universalcredit claim attempted to take her own life. Rushanara Ali, the MP for Bethnel Green & Stepney... said that 'the fear of sanctions' had led to her constituent’s #mentalhealth deteriorating to the point that she made a #suicide attempt."

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mp-asks-dwp-why-it-ignored-her-pleas-for-help-after-constituent-attempted-suicide-over-sanction-threat/. "A #Labour MP has publicly asked the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) why it ignored her #requests for #help, after a #constituent threatened with #sanctions over her #universalcredit claim attempted to take her own life. Rushanara Ali, the MP for Bethnel Green & Stepney... said that 'the fear of sanctions' had led to her constituent’s #mentalhealth deteriorating to the point that she made a #suicide attempt."

DWP minister update over changes to payment sanctions for benefit claimants

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-minister-update-over-changes-37623997

Today I am tackling #UniversalCredit for job seekers on our new tool at https://www.accesstobenefitsassistance.com #a2ba

What are you struggling with the most when accessing #benefits in the #UK?

#adhd #autism #neurodiversity

DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/dwp-pursued-womans-employer-for-nonexistent-benefit-debt #Carers #Benefits #CarersAllowance #UkNews #Society #UniversalCredit

Changes to #UniversalCredit are urgently needed to help support young adults in Scotland. Here from young parents and young people with care experience in their own words, read our new #RightsInAction report, and please share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfSdDQPiYss

📽️ Catch up on our latest #CPCCGWebinar recording to hear about new research on how Universal Credit reshapes #youngadults ' #livingarrangements, with #youngpeople significantly more likely to live with their #parents as a result of #UniversalCredit. The impact is concentrated among #unmarried #childless individuals, both men and women, and among young men who are most disadvantaged in the #labourmarket.

By Jan Einhoff #MPIDR and Vincent Ramos, University of #Southampton https://youtu.be/ImsVUa1pPOY?si=gtqwHYLrsdwD_CdK

DWP Universal Credit cut from Monday means some get reduced payments

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-universal-credit-cut-monday-36971804

DWP confirms Universal Credit health element changes from April 2026

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-confirms-universal-credit-health-36488284

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What if you have no parents you can live with or if they are on benefits so need you to bring in money for your share of the rent, food etc?

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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsbirmingham/dwp-breaks-silence-over-banning-one-age-group-from-claiming-universal-credit/ar-AA1P5vgw

#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WarOnTheLongTermSick
#WarOnTheYoung
#WarOnCareLeavers
#BenefitCuts
#BenefiitReform
#UniversalCredit

Tories confirm plans to cut PIP for mental health claimants

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/tories-confirm-plans-cut-pip-36019760

A while back I posted about a friend who is on long term disability and will never work again. They were getting ESA and PIP... and it was just enough for them to live on.

Then they were forced to apply for Universal Credit and by forced... I mean, threatened... it was you will apply by this date (in june or july) or you can fuck off and never get benefits again.

So they had to apply, but left it until the last minute.

All that is now sorted... except for the major flaw in the DWP plan that they never bothered to tell them, and that makes an utter mockery of the entire system and reasoning for forcing them of of ESA.

Because they're still going to be getting ESA as well as UC.

WTF!!!

So what the DWP are doing is taking the amount they get from ESA, rounding it up for a year and dividing by 12 because monthly paid rather than bi weekly as ESA is.

That amount is £1060

They got notified that their UC was going to be £450 a month... and then a continued £281 bi weekly from ESA.

So UC deduct that ESA amount from their £1060 which means £610 is taken of each month.... except they don't get that ESA 'monthly' it's bi weekly... and if you can do the math... £281 x 2 = £562... It means they're going to be down £50 a month for 10 months of the year... because bi-weekly payments means that twice a year, they get 3 payments in a month rather than 2... You might see it as a bonus... but when they're taking an extra £48 a month out of your pocket for 5 months... it has an effect on some one struggling to make ends meet.

Are they expected to build up a debt for 5 months and pay the bill when that money is returned every 6th month?

Perhaps the council tax, or gas, or electric, or water companies would understand that they can't pay the bill for the next 5 months because of this clusterfuck of a system that was designed by a toddler with the IQ of a delinquent Haddock.

Just another way the govt fucks over the disabled.

#UniversalCredit
#FuckTheGovernment
#FuckLabour
#KierStarmerDisabledHarmer

Liz Kendall, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer as 3 cruel monkeys.
#PIPCuts #DisabilityRights #DWP #StopThe4PointRule #BenefitCuts #PIP #UniversalCredit #WelfareCrisis #KeirStarmer

S*AT*NA KUN PELOTTAA tämä "yleistuki", eli pyrkimys tehdä Suomesta Pikku-Britannia ulosottomiehineen (Universal Credit). Pelottaa kaikki törkyhallituksen yritykset muuttaa perusturvaa ja lakeja. - Ja tässäkin vain kuukausi aikaa lausua (19.6.2025). Viikate-SanniG. lähtenyt taas liikkeelle, p*rk*l*en pelottava ihminen. #hallitus #lausuntokierros #yleistuki #universalcredit #leikkaus https://stm.fi/-/yleistuki-yksinkertaistaa-sosiaaliturvaa-stm-pyytaa-lausuntoja-yleistuen-ensimmaisesta-vaiheesta?languageId=fi_FI

Labour must raise benefits if they want to 'get Britain working again' www.bigissue.com/news/social-... #Labour #NHS #WaitingLists #DWP #BenefitRates #Sanctions #GetBritainWorking #FoodBankBritain #FoodBanks #BenefitClaimants #Benefits #UniversalCredit #LongTermSick #Disabled #Poverty

Labour must increase benefits ...

Labour must raise benefits if they want to 'get Britain working again'
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-benefits-support-get-britain-working/

#Labour
#NHS
#WaitingLists
#DWP
#BenefitRates
#Sanctions
#GetBritainWorking
#FoodBankBritain
#FoodBanks
#BenefitClaimants
#Benefits
#UniversalCredit
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
#Poverty

Labour must raise benefits if they want to 'get Britain working again'
bigissue.com/news/social-justi…

#Labour
#NHS
#WaitingLists
#DWP
#BenefitRates
#Sanctions
#GetBritainWorking
#FoodBankBritain
#FoodBanks
#BenefitClaimants
#Benefits
#UniversalCredit
#Disabled
#LongTermSick
#Poverty

Labour must raise benefits if they want to 'get Britain working again'
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-benefits-support-get-britain-working/

#Labour
#NHS
#WaitingLists
#DWP
#BenefitRates
#Sanctions
#GetBritainWorking
#FoodBankBritain
#FoodBanks
#BenefitClaimants
#Benefits
#UniversalCredit
#LongTermSick
#Disabled
#Poverty

Government plunging single mothers into deeper financial instability with new benefit overhauls, campaigners charge | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/government-plunging-single-mothers-deeper-financial-instability-new-benefit-overhauls

#SingleMums
#SingleParents
#FinancialInsecurity
#Benefits
#UniversalCredit
#Poverty
#Turn2Us
#Sunak
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#PIP
#DWP

DWP will 'stop' benefits for 1.6 million people if they 'overlook' letter - Birmingham Live

Or if the letter gets lost in the post (which is not uncommon).

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-stop-benefits-16-million-29139592

#DWP
#LegacyBenefits
#UniversalCredit
#ManagedMigration
#ChildTaxCredit
#IncomeSupport
#WorkingTaxCredit
#HousingBenefit
#IncomeBasedJSA
#IncomeBasedESA
#CAB
#CitizensAdvice
#BenefitsStopped
#RoyalMail

Swapping benefits for vouchers is just another way for the government to infantalise us - Opera News Official
http://opr.news/1bc458c8240507en_gb?link=1&client=mini

#Benefits
#Vouchers
#Infantalisation
#PIP
#PIPNotAnOutOfWorkBenefit
#Scapegoating
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WarOnDisabled
#Scope
#Autonomy
#Tories
#UKGov
#WaitingLists
#NHS
#Austerity
#UniversalCredit

Universal Credit: DWP plans could cut 632,000 people's benefits
#UniversalCredit
#DWP
#WarOnThePoor
#WarOnTheDisabled
#Disability
#ChronicallyIll
#WorkCapabilityAssessment
#WCA
#PIP
#LimitedCapabilityForWork
#LCWRA
#NoSickDisabilityUCWithoutPIP
#WorkCoachesAssessingWorkCapability
#WorkCoaches
#NoESAWithoutPIP
#PIPsRigidCriteria
#DenialOfBenefits
#StoppingBenefitsDoesntGetPeopleInToWork
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/05/26/the-dwps-latest-universal-credit-plans-could-see-it-stop-632000-peoples-benefits/