Commons Select Committee Chair Frank Field MP calls
evidence submitted to the Committee by Halton Housing Trust the "most
damning" he has ever read on what he describes as DWP "maladministration." The Trust has accumulated over £400,000 of
arrears as a direct result of the rollout of Full Service Universal Credit.
This means that just 18% of its tenants owe 55% of all its arrears. Over the
last 12 months the number of referrals the Trust has made to local food banks
has more than doubled. Those claimants who were offered Advance Payments were
offered a New Claims Advance that had to be paid back within 6 months: the
submission details the even bigger financial problems this caused for families.
Read more on the Parliament website.
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