The government, supposedly acting in the interests of the whole country, has been happy to throw a whole section of the population under the bus for several years now.
“Around 80% of people moved on to universal credit are in arrears before receiving the payment, which takes up to eight weeks to come through. “What this means in practice is that some people can’t pay their rent and lose accommodation and they stay homeless for longer because they are seen as risky by landlords,”
Debts are chains stronger than iron and far more insidious. Slaves need chains or they might make choices contrary to the will of their masters.
Hands up if your surprised!
…Anyone?
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If you’ve never had to use Universal Credit, you might believe the propaganda – that the “good” claimants are getting a good deal and that sanctions are for the lazy.
It’s absolute nonsense. People following all the rules get plunged into poverty on it all the time.
People not on benefits don’t seem to understand that it’s in their interests to have a robust benefit system. Just listen to all the people who never thought they’d need it, then were forced into it by decisions out of their control, and are shocked at the ineptitude of the benefits system.
But corporate welfare is at an all-time high.
We still have a Victorian attitude to poverty in the UK and see those in need as moral deviants, not people who have suffered crises or who cannot work for medical reasons. The media then uses them as hate sinks, making other working class people think that those on benefits are responsible for their problems, not the government. Over the years, we have allowed it to be acceptable to dehumanise those not in work.
We also lose billions a year to benefits fraud, so I guess it depends on which side of the aisle you’re on, but I approve of this.
One of my parents is a debt adviser and has regular interactions with the DWP
She recently had a client who was specifically advised by the DWP over the phone that they didn’t need to submit a specific document to them to get their benefits. The lack of said document would have resulted in them being sanctioned had my parent not advised them to submit it anyway.
PSA – Record any conversation you have with the DWP. If you are given false advice that leads to you getting sanctioned then you will easily be able to appeal.
The number of times the DWP has been recorded breaking its own rules is just scary. Unsurprisingly those occasions where their sanctions have cost the life of the person involved have been hushed up very quickly.
The DWP under the last 12 years of government has been designed to strip people in poverty of what little they had. Universal credit is just the icing on the cake at this point. The idea of universal credit was never a bad idea but the way it has been implemented is simply draconian.
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The government, supposedly acting in the interests of the whole country, has been happy to throw a whole section of the population under the bus for several years now.
“Around 80% of people moved on to universal credit are in arrears before receiving the payment, which takes up to eight weeks to come through. “What this means in practice is that some people can’t pay their rent and lose accommodation and they stay homeless for longer because they are seen as risky by landlords,”
[Link](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/27/universal-credit-fuels-homeless-crisis)
Debts are chains stronger than iron and far more insidious. Slaves need chains or they might make choices contrary to the will of their masters.
Hands up if your surprised!
…Anyone?
[removed]
If you’ve never had to use Universal Credit, you might believe the propaganda – that the “good” claimants are getting a good deal and that sanctions are for the lazy.
It’s absolute nonsense. People following all the rules get plunged into poverty on it all the time.
People not on benefits don’t seem to understand that it’s in their interests to have a robust benefit system. Just listen to all the people who never thought they’d need it, then were forced into it by decisions out of their control, and are shocked at the ineptitude of the benefits system.
But corporate welfare is at an all-time high.
We still have a Victorian attitude to poverty in the UK and see those in need as moral deviants, not people who have suffered crises or who cannot work for medical reasons. The media then uses them as hate sinks, making other working class people think that those on benefits are responsible for their problems, not the government. Over the years, we have allowed it to be acceptable to dehumanise those not in work.
We also lose billions a year to benefits fraud, so I guess it depends on which side of the aisle you’re on, but I approve of this.
One of my parents is a debt adviser and has regular interactions with the DWP
She recently had a client who was specifically advised by the DWP over the phone that they didn’t need to submit a specific document to them to get their benefits. The lack of said document would have resulted in them being sanctioned had my parent not advised them to submit it anyway.
PSA – Record any conversation you have with the DWP. If you are given false advice that leads to you getting sanctioned then you will easily be able to appeal.
The number of times the DWP has been recorded breaking its own rules is just scary. Unsurprisingly those occasions where their sanctions have cost the life of the person involved have been hushed up very quickly.
The DWP under the last 12 years of government has been designed to strip people in poverty of what little they had. Universal credit is just the icing on the cake at this point. The idea of universal credit was never a bad idea but the way it has been implemented is simply draconian.