Transitional Protection on Natural Migration

Quite rightly, people are getting very worked up about this.

https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/12399/
https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/11307/

Can’t put it better than CPAG has:

(i) DWP’s policy is irrational - individuals in such a situation have not undergone a change of circumstances nor have they chosen to claim UC and as such there is no rational basis for treating them differently from those who are moved onto UC under the managed migration process.
(ii) the policy is discriminatory on the grounds of disability– incorrect decisions that a person no longer qualifies for a sickness or disability related benefits are more common than for other benefits and those with a disabled person in the household are more likely to be cash losers under UC than under legacy benefits.
(iii) breach of public sector equality duty – neither the equality impact assessment which accompanied the UC proposals in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 nor the subsequent impact assessment addressed the situation of those whose legacy benefits are incorrectly terminated, let alone the particular impact on those with a disability.

And yet DWP continue to refer to Transitional Protection when asked about the people who are losing out on SDP NOW during the process of natural migration, and when challenged that this is misleading continue to affirm that it accurate.