#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."

As some of you may know I'm helping get @sheffieldmaskbloc up and running but handling funds is a potential challenge. Therefore I've decided to... #AskFedi of course! For those of you involved in #MaskBlocs or #MutualAid in general, particularly in the UK, how have you managed donations and funds? Personal accounts are not only individual responsibility rather than collective, but also not appropriate for people like me who are #SelfEmployed and/or on #UniversalCredit and other forms of social security! Any ideas? We don't want the mask bloc to be a formalised bureaucratic group! So it's a little difficult for it to have a bank account lolz #funds #funding #volunteering #donations

Pressure mounts on Labour to scrap cruel ‘sibling penalty’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pressure-piles-labour-scrap-cruel-sibling-penalty-campaigners-warn-most-large

#Labour
#Benefits
#2ChildBenefitsCap
#SiblingPenalty
#2ChildBenefitLimit
#UniversalCredit
#UC
#ChildTaxCredit
#DWP
#ResolutionFoundation
#Poverty
#ChildPoverty
#Breadline
#EndChildPovertyCoalition
#EndChildPoverty
#ChildPovertyAction
#McDonnell

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

DWP to target Universal Credit claimants with strict new rules on finding a job - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-target-universal-credit-claimants-28777798

#LowPaid
#Unemployed
#UniversalCredit
#UC
#BenefitsClaimants
#Benefits
#FindingAJob
#AdditionalJobcentreSupport
#HouseholdSupportFund
#BackToWorkPlan
#IntensiveWorkSearchRegime

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

Benefits Sanctions Will Continue Under Labour, Jonathan Ashworth Confirms | HuffPost UK Politics
#SanctionsKill
#ShadowDWPSecretary
#Ashworth
#BenefitsSanctions
#UniversalCredit
#UCWillNotBeScrapped
#LabourBrokenPromises
#StarmerBrokenPromises
#Starmer
#PCS
#Disabled
#GettingDisabledIntoWork

Shadow work and pensions secretary unveils a raft of proposals to overhaul welfare system which "too often... disincentivises work".

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/benefits-sanctions-will-continue-under-labour-jonathan-ashworth-confirms_uk_63bd609fe4b0fe267cb3bfc0

Starmer's a shit. Pass it on.

#Starmer whips #Labour peers to #ABSTAIN on move to give free #school meals to all #UniversalCredit families

https://skwawkbox.org/2022/07/13/starmer-whips-labour-peers-to-abstain-on-move-to-give-free-school-meals-to-all-universal-credit-families/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starmer-whips-labour-peers-to-abstain-on-move-to-give-free-school-meals-to-all-universal-credit-families

#StarmersAShit