universal credit
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Rishi Sunak’s planned cut to benefits is much bigger than Osborne’s in 2015
Back in 2015, 3.3 million working families were on track to lose an average of over £1,000 a year from the following April. As Figure 1 shows, today, the income of roughly twice as many families is at risk, with 6 million households (containing 12 million adults and 6 million children) set to have their… Continue reading
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British government reimposes welfare benefits sanctions as pandemic continues and unemployment rockets
In March, the Johnson government announced that those receiving welfare benefits including Universal Credit (UC) would not be sanctioned as they normally would if they failed to look for work or otherwise fulfilled their benefit conditionality. Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly Newsletter 4 May 2020
4 May 2020 — Welfare Weekly One in five UK households with children go hungry during Covid-19 lockdown UK Government facing mounting pressure to strengthen the social security safety net. Read the post Continue reading
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Johnson to ‘seize NHS’ in bid to further privatisation ready for Brexit
By TruePublica Editor: There is a point when you read something and realise that all is lost. One Nation Conservatism is dead – they are no longer a centre-right political party but little more than a death cult. Their policies since arriving back into power after the Blair years has taken them back to a… Continue reading
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The DWP’s latest coronavirus move is utterly twisted
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has descended into further chaos amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But its latest move to try and keep itself afloat amid ‘unprecedented times’ is actually utterly twisted. Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly Newsletter 27 March 2020
27 March 2020 — Welfare Weekly Urgent action still needed to support self-employed, says poverty charity Government plans don’t go far enough and Universal Credit should not be seen as a viable solution for the self-employed. Read the post Continue reading
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UK Welfare Weekly 22 February 2020
22 February 2020 — Welfare Weekly Disabled gran ‘virtually housebound’ after DWP slashed her vital benefits lifeline She says the cruel decision has left her feeling “anxious” and “isolated” after she was also forced to return her mobility car. Continue reading
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Cruel Brittannia – The Road To Ruin
By Graham Vanbergen: Britain is, as I have said so many times now, circling the plughole. It’s becoming so … American isn’t it. Corrupt self-serving politicians in bed with bankers and hedge funds are driving the country towards the abyss. And all the indicators for a fully functioning democracy and the society its serves continues… Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly 2 June 2019
2 June 2019 — Welfare Weekly More than 1 in 4 Universal Credit claimants hit by deductions for tax credit errors 570,000 Universal Credit claimants are repaying tax credit overpayments through Universal Credit. Continue reading
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UN report on UK poverty – “systemic immiseration” of millions across the UK
Whilst the news headlines are dominated with the continued implosion of the Conservative Party who now aim to have a third leader in as many years whilst Britain circles the plughole, the reality of the crisis of daily life for half the population continues to worsen. Continue reading
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Universal Credit : The state and the BBC secretly collude in propaganda campaign
By TruePublica Editor: There is an extraordinary story published in The Guardian that, in my opinion, was not prominently positioned – with its opening explainer stating: “A leaked memo shows that the Department for Work and Pensions is about to embark on a PR campaign to defend its worst ever policy.” Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly 7 April 2019
7 April 2019 — Welfare Weekly Heartless council removed homeless people’s tents and only belongings Read more Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly Newsletter 24 February 2019
24 February 2019 — Welfare Weekly Severely disabled woman left ‘feeling suicidal’ over battle for disability benefits Read more Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly 10 February 2019
10 February 2019 Twin brothers found hanging from the same tree after benefits stopped Read more Continue reading
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Universal Credit: Sign the Petition!
This is terrible: thousands of people could be left penniless this Christmas, all because of an admin error with the benefit system called Universal Credit. It could mean families up and down the country going without the money they need to pay their rent or buy food – let alone celebrate Christmas. Continue reading
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Urgent: Universal Credit – Tweet your MP now!
The government will only make big changes to Universal Credit if enough MPs show up to the debate. Please take thirty seconds now to tweet your MP and say that today’s debate needs to be their priority: Continue reading
The New Dark Age 