#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

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/universal-credit-migration-and-the-death-of-david-panther/. "An #autistic circus skills teacher took his own life after becoming increasingly distressed by the #bureaucratic #chaos caused by his 'migration' to #universalcredit [UC], which led to him facing a new £500 monthly charge for his #socialcare package." Yet another tragedy caused by #UC, & the #DWP.

BBC News: 'Working for £3 an hour made me feel dirty' BBC News - 'Working for £3 an hour made me feel dirty'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ng1y78wppo

#Leicester
#Clothing
#ClothingFactories
#Garments
#GarmentFactories
#MadeToReturnSomeOfYourWage
#LowPaid
#FashionWorkersAdviceBureauLeicester
#UniversalCredit
#UnpaidWork
#LabourBehindTheLabel
#ChildLabour
#TradeUnions
#WorkerRights

Archbishop of Canterbury urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap | Poverty | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/archbishop-canterbury-urges-starmer-to-ditch-cruel-two-child-benefit-cap

#ArchbishopOfCanterbury
#Starmer
#2ChildBenefitsCap
#2ChildLimit
#Poverty
#Brown
#Welby
#NewLabour
#UN
#JesusChrist
#FeedingBritain
#BishopOfLeicester
#Snow
#ChildPoverty
#HOL
#Labour
#Rayner
#UniversalCredit
#MinimumWage
#DeSchutter
#UNSpecialRapporteurOnExtremePovertyAndHumanRights
#TemporaryAccomodation
#Austerity

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

My paper, co-authored with Open Lab colleagues at Newcastle University, Clara Crivellaro, Adam W Parnaby, and Ahmed Kharrufa, titled "Hostile Systems: A Taxonomy of Harms Articulated by Citizens Living with Socio-Economic Deprivation" has now been published in the ACM CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642562

#digitalwelfare #welfarebenefits #universalcredit #egovernment #servicedesign #ethics #access #harms #responsibleinnivation

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

#DWP errors leave more than 200,000 #pensioners £1.3bn out of pocket

Report concludes government failed to fix basic mistakes and civil servants ‘asleep at the switch.

165,000 also missed out on £1.2bn in the previous year, the #PublicAccountsCommittee (#PAC) found.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/dec/06/dwp-errors-leave-more-than-200000-pensioners-out-of-pocket

#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryIneptitude #ToryFailure #ToryWaste #UniversalCredit #Gove