Two in three frontline DWP staff say the roll-out of
Universal Credit should be paused, findings from Channel 4’s Dispatches. The
programme also reported a ‘whistleblower’ as saying staff shortages saw claims
piling up and not given appropriate assessment. Some 550 Public and Commercial
Services Union members who work on Universal Credit for the The investigation
uncovered cases of a disabled mother waiting five months to receive her full
benefit entitlement, as well as a self-employed claimant being advised to give
up work to receive more money. Read more on 24housing.
Thursday briefing: How Michael Gove’s ‘new deal’ for renters went sour
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In today’s newsletter: The renters’ reform bill was meant to address a
spiralling housing crisis, but as a watered-down version finally passes, we
look a...
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