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A view from the German press, featuring NAWRA and rightsnet’s very own Daphne Hall:

EU citizens in the UK: Falling through the welfare gap

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shawn mach - 16 August 2019 10:17 AM

A view from the German press, featuring NAWRA and rightsnet’s very own Daphne Hall:

EU citizens in the UK: Falling through the welfare gap

link doesn’t work Shawn.

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Try https://taz.de/EU-citizens-in-the-UK/!5618487/

Edit: that link breaks too, try manually adding a ‘!’ before the 5 in the broken link

[ Edited: 16 Aug 2019 at 10:42 am by Rwkitch ]
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Blimey, this is going well isn’t it ... how about this one: https://bit.ly/2HbDpNl

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https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/government-launched-full-charm-offensive-16677661

‘‘The government launched a full-on charm offensive to persuade journalists that Universal Credit is working - this is why we’re not convinced’ - MEN

‘I wasn’t allowed to talk to claimants, I wasn’t shown how the benefit worked online and I wasn’t given any real examples of people who said the benefit was working for them.

And, crucially, when we did speak to actual claimants - their experiences chimed with the so-called ‘myths’ around Universal Credit.’

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/19/universal-credit-wait-fuels-poverty-and-food-bank-use-says-research

Universal credit wait fuels poverty and food bank use, says research

“It categorically does not prove that universal credit is the reason behind increased food bank usage,” a DWP spokesperson said.

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From inews:

The job title ‘Work Coach’ probably doesn’t fully explain my role in an office like this because you don’t know what you’re going to be dealing with each day. Everyone’s needs are completely different and a lot of the appointments aren’t work-based ...

More: Universal Credit work coach: ‘Even judges told me I was going over to the dark side’

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-dwp-chief-furious-row-20590704

From today’s Select Committee session, which was interesting and profoundly depressing. Another SoS who thinks everything is just hunky dory. Gives UC ‘9.9 out of 10’.

Also - third party fraud reports are up to 85,000…..

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/17/benefits-of-welfare-robots-and-the-need-for-human-oversight

Its all wonderful and its going to be even more wonderfuller - wonder when they last worked at the DWP ‘coal face’?

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Pretty sarcastic piece in 24 Housing on Thérèse Coffey and her appearance before the Work and Pension’s Committee last week.

As for UC claimants forced to borrow an advance from their own future benefits to bridge a five-week gap.

To clever Thérèse Coffey that “actually works”.

Enough said.

New DWP Secretary of State knows a lot you don’t

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Never expected to see the range of DWP benefits described as a ‘product line’.

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DWP mythbusting adverts extolling the virtues of universalcredit have been banned after Advertising Standards Authority finds them “misleading’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/06/dwp-misleading-universal-credit-uncovered-ad-banned

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/23/million-families-cut-universal-credit-benefits-debts

‘Minutes of a meeting of welfare rights advisers in October 2018 show that Neil Couling, the head of the universal credit programme, “admitted that the government over the last 18 months has demanded a push to recover old debt and has provided UC with extra funds to do this”.’

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shawn mach - 06 November 2019 07:52 AM

DWP mythbusting adverts extolling the virtues of universalcredit have been banned after Advertising Standards Authority finds them “misleading’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/06/dwp-misleading-universal-credit-uncovered-ad-banned

FOI response which shows the correspondence DWP had with ASA prior to running the campaign - there are a fair few significant warnings!

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Andrew Dutton - 25 November 2019 11:04 AM

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/23/million-families-cut-universal-credit-benefits-debts

‘Minutes of a meeting of welfare rights advisers in October 2018 show that Neil Couling, the head of the universal credit programme, “admitted that the government over the last 18 months has demanded a push to recover old debt and has provided UC with extra funds to do this”.’

The DWP said: “Safeguards are in place to ensure that deductions are affordable, and in October we reduced the standard maximum deduction rate from 40% to 30% of the standard allowance. If someone is in financial difficulty because of deductions they can ask us to look again at their claim.”

Good luck with getting hold of debt management

 

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Vonny - 25 November 2019 03:44 PM

Good luck with getting hold of debt management

just sent you private message that might help with this aspect of things.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50674471

“When universal credit was first announced in 2010, the then Work and Pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, said it would replace a “complex, outdated and wildly expensive system”.”

How’s that working out then!

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50699524


Universal Credit: Couple overpaid £12,000 describe ‘hell on earth’

 

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Low-income families set to be poorer under universal credit – study

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/21/low-income-families-set-to-be-poorer-under-universal-credit-study

A DWP spokesbot said “Squeebleweeble fzzzt, UC is the best thing ever and improves everyone’s lives even the ones that it doesn’t, bzzt-pop, 80-seat majority untouchable no select committee yet hahaha, fzzzzt.’

…before bursting in to flames.

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Universal credit ‘sending people into arms of loan sharks’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/23/universal-credit-loan-sharks

See post above for summary of DWP response.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/11/universal-credit-could-steamroll-vulnerable-into-poverty-salvation-army

‘Universal credit could ‘steamroll vulnerable into poverty’

DWP in denial as ever…..

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‘Universal Credit Uncovered’ went well, didn’t it?

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And this is an interesting one in light of the recent marketing campaign by DWP to encourage natural migration.  DWP considered, and rejected, a similar campaign in July 2019 (para.21).

http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2021-0836/34F-UCPB_16-07-19-Paper_5-UC_Plan_Update.pdf

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‘There are risks of misdirection if the(re) is an active campaign to encourage people to move to UC’ (Para 24)


Well swipe me…..

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That man is away with the pixies.


And I’m not talking about the good ones who made ‘Doolittle’.

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