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.
The Guardian view on unhealthy Britain: from housing to junk food, there
are solutions | Editorial
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People are living with sickness or disability younger than a decade ago.
That should shock the country and prompt action
The two-year decline in healthy ...
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