#universalcredit — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-stopped-claims-of-more-than-1200-disabled-people-who-failed-to-engage-with-universal-credit-migration/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has admitted terminating the #claims of more than 1,200 #disabled people who failed to engage with 'migrating' onto #universalcredit, raising fresh fears over the #safety of the #process."

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-fails-to-correct-dodgy-figures-on-thousands-of-esa-claimants-who-dropped-out-in-move-to-universal-credit/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is refusing to correct figures in its annual #report that hugely underestimate the number of #disabled #benefit #claimants who had their #claims closed as part of the move to #universalcredit."

Surge in pensioners needing emergency food provisions as food banks help record number of people | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pensioners-debt-benefits-food-bank-poverty-b2544804.html

#Poverty
#FoodPoverty
#Food
#Pensioners
#Pensions
#TrussellTrust
#FoodBanks
#EssentialsGuarrentee
#UniversalCredit
#Families
#HouseholdSupportFund
#Brown
#ChildPoverty
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#DWP
#NationalLivingWage
#BackToWorkPlan

DWP reveals major new Universal Credit rules affecting 180,000 claimants | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/universal-credit-changes-2024-dwp-benefits-b2543886.html

#DWP
#UniversalCredit
#InWorkPoverty
#ForcedToLookFor2ndJobs
#InWorkTreatedLikeOutOfWork
#AdministrativeEarningsThreshold
#IntensiveWorkSearchForTheEmployed
#IntensiveWorkSearch
#IntensiveWorkSearchRegime
#Sanctions
#Destitution
#Disabled
#LongTermSick
#ChronicallyIll
#JosephRowntreeFoundation

Labour ‘must spend billions on welfare or poverty will soar’
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/labour-must-spend-billions-on-welfare-or-poverty-will-soar/ar-BB1iQSUm?cvid=8495e58fd4c64b328a3ea5e9bb9338ec&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=6

#Labour
#Benefits
#Poverty
#Kendall
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Willets
#SaveTheChildren
#Starmer
#IPPR
#ChangingRealities
#UniversalCredit
#UC

Jeremy Hunt Accused Of 'Cruel Attack' On The Sick And Disabled In Autumn Statement | HuffPost UK Politics
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-hunt-accused-of-cruel-attack-on-the-sick-and-disabled-in-autumn-statement_uk_655e0d76e4b0c0333bee5495

#Hunt
#Disabled
#ChronicIllness
#chronicallyill
#Sick
#PunishmentForBeingDisabled
#PunishmentForBeingSick
#AutumnStatement
#TheNewEconomicsFoundation
#Sanctions
#SanctionsDontHelpPeopleInToWork
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#Unison
#UniversalCredit
#UC