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Richard Michael Blaber @[email protected] · 2026-08-07 · 08:50 UTC

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."

#details #flaws #universalcredit #benefits #system #deaths

Richard Michael Blaber @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 09:47 UTC

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."

#report #disabled #benefit #claimants #claims #universalcredit

Mx Verda @[email protected] · 2025-03-18 · 20:15 UTC

CW: UK politics, social security / benefit payments, mh--, semi-suicide threat, but also stubborn enough to live just to spite the wannabe-tories

... ok so these fuckers really ARE trying to kill us.

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/green-paper-published-%E2%80%93-%C2%A35-billion-cuts-proposed-scrapping-wca-and-changed-pip-assessment

relevant af https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ROtVQt98s

I'm so close to the fucking edge this year.

I got a 1 kg bag of tapioca pearls for boba tea to make cheaper at home so I can still have a treat. Saw the price tag and was like "hmmm. *Do* I want / deserve an easy sweet treat I can add nutrient powder to as needed and sip for hydration?"
I got it in the end, but everyone deserves nice things. Yes, even the people you hate. Even the asshole down the street. Maybe if they got nice things and felt nicer, they might be kinder to people around them, idfk.

#UK #UKpol #pol #politics #UK_politics #UKpolitics #DWP #PIP #UC #UniversalCredit #disability #disabled #DisabledSocial #disabilities #MassDisablingEvent #LongCovid #MECFS #LearningDifficulty #LearningDisability #SpLDiff #SpecificLearningDifficulty #money #cash #currency #policy #PolicyAnalysis #spending #budget #economy #equality #inequality #benefits #BenefitsCuts #BenefitsClaimants #illness #ChronicHealth #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness