#universalcredit — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #universalcredit, aggregated by home.social.
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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."
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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."
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https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-quietly-reveals-how-universal-credit-flaws-were-linked-to-multiple-claimant-deaths-and-serious-harm/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has been forced to publish #details of multiple #flaws within its #universalcredit working-age #benefits #system that led to #deaths & serious #harm to #claimants."
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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
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"The DWP argue that sanctions are only imposed as a last resort. But the PLP report makes it clear that in many cases the punishment is imposed as a first response to any transgression, however innocent and unavoidable.”
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/claimants-treated-more-harshly-than-criminals,-report-finds
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DWP algorithmic transparency records appearing soon
#uk #welfarebenefits #universalcredit #socialsecurity #automation #digitisation
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DWP WCA reforms WILL happen as Labour look to cut £1.3bn
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/10/18/dwp-wca-changes/#Incontinence
#Mobility
#Housebound
#WorkBeingRisky
#WCA
#UniversalCredit
#Labour
#LongTermSick
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ITV debate ignores a £100bn elephant in the general election room
https://www.thecanary.co/editorial/2024/06/13/itv-debate-universal-credit/#ITV
#Debate
#GE
#GE2024
#ElephantInTheRoom
#UniversalCredit
#ITVDebate
#Starmer
#Sunak
#SkyNews
#SkyNewsDebate
#Farage
#SystemicDiscrimination
#ToryCuts
#Sanctions
#ResolutionFoundation
#WorkingUCClaimants
#WorkDoesNotPay