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Pablo Martini (Geezer)The National Audit Office has cleared the Department for Work and Pensions of wrongdoing in its handling of serious safeguarding data. OH YEAH! I say old boy can you work a flanker on these divs? But with Internal Process Review recommendations from 2020 still unpublished and MPs voting on benefit cuts without full information, transparency and accountability questions remain. <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWP</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NAO</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transparency</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DisabilityBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisabilityBenefits</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PublicAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicAccountability</a> <a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=100055" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=100055</a>

Anomnomnomaly BSC SSCA while back I posted about a friend who is on long term disability and will never work again. They were getting ESA and PIP... and it was just enough for them to live on.Then they were forced to apply for Universal Credit and by forced... I mean, threatened... it was you will apply by this date (in june or july) or you can fuck off and never get benefits again.So they had to apply, but left it until the last minute.All that is now sorted... except for the major flaw in the DWP plan that they never bothered to tell them, and that makes an utter mockery of the entire system and reasoning for forcing them of of ESA.Because they're still going to be getting ESA as well as UC.WTF!!!So what the DWP are doing is taking the amount they get from ESA, rounding it up for a year and dividing by 12 because monthly paid rather than bi weekly as ESA is.That amount is £1060They got notified that their UC was going to be £450 a month... and then a continued £281 bi weekly from ESA.So UC deduct that ESA amount from their £1060 which means £610 is taken of each month.... except they don't get that ESA 'monthly' it's bi weekly... and if you can do the math... £281 x 2 = £562... It means they're going to be down £50 a month for 10 months of the year... because bi-weekly payments means that twice a year, they get 3 payments in a month rather than 2... You might see it as a bonus... but when they're taking an extra £48 a month out of your pocket for 5 months... it has an effect on some one struggling to make ends meet.Are they expected to build up a debt for 5 months and pay the bill when that money is returned every 6th month?Perhaps the council tax, or gas, or electric, or water companies would understand that they can't pay the bill for the next 5 months because of this clusterfuck of a system that was designed by a toddler with the IQ of a delinquent Haddock.Just another way the govt fucks over the disabled.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FuckTheGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckTheGovernment</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FuckLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckLabour</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KierStarmerDisabledHarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KierStarmerDisabledHarmer</a>

Hamish The PolarBearWell. I managed to do most of the first (online) part of the new interrogation. Old payments and support are ending soon and I needed to apply for <a href="https://mewblog.thepolarbear.co.uk/tags/UniversalCredit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> before it was too late. I spent about 2 months just panicking and worrying about it first of course. Now I need to wait for an interrogator assessor to call me and do the next part. For those who don't know - the so called Universal Credit (doesn't "credit" suggest you have to pay it back - what do we pay NI and taxes for? Do MPs and their teams have to pay back all the benefits they get?) is a blanket term for UK social security payments that was supposed to streamline and simplify things (for whom?), introduced several years ago to replace many other benefits. In reality of course several protections and rights attached to those old benefits were removed under the new system. Everyone is eventually required to move to the new system. Now I get the fun of being someone with mental health problems, particularly anxiety and depression, waiting for the stress of more contact.

Pablo Martini (Geezer)Just hours after MPs voted to cut Universal Credit, the DWP quietly dropped new figures revealing a sharp rise in deaths linked to benefit claims. So why wasn’t Parliament told before the vote? Where are the missing safety recommendations?We’re asking what ministers won’t.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWP</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BenefitCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenefitCuts</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transparency</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99217" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99217</a>

BeverleyI care for someone who lives in a near state of constant anxiety, thanks to the narrative created by successive governments, parroted by MSM.They didn't ask to be born with a disability. Surely that was 'punishment' enough. Providing insufficient £s to even exist much less enrich life is eugenics.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/LiNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiNO</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Equality</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a>

BeverleySorry, but on this topic, needs must.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Equality</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LiNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiNO</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jeremycorbyn.bsky.social/post/3lsiqltbumc2b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/jeremycorbyn.bsky.social/post/3lsiqltbumc2b</a>

Jay the Art GuyLiz Kendall, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer as 3 cruel monkeys. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PIPCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PIPCuts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisabilityRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StopThe4PointRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopThe4PointRule</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BenefitCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenefitCuts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PIP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WelfareCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WelfareCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KeirStarmer</a>

Birmingham£200 summer cost of living payments and you don’t have to be claiming benefitsHouseholds alerted to one-off payments to help with cost of living pressuresFamilies may be able to get cost… <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birmingham</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GB</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#England</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Headlines</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Benefits</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BirminghamCityCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirminghamCityCouncil</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Britain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWP</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreatBritain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Universalcredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Universalcredit</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/YourMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YourMoney</a> <a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/209234/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/uk/209234/</a>

30YrdScreamerHopefully this will lead to another rethink <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benefits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/pip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pip</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/23/labour-mps-launch-major-rebellion-to-stop-benefits-cuts-bill" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/23/labour-mps-launch-major-rebellion-to-stop-benefits-cuts-bill</a>

BeverleyAfter over 40 minutes on hold to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWP</a> on behalf of a family member, I've just accidentally cut myself off...AAAAAARRRGH!😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UniversalCreditMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCreditMigration</a>

BeverleyBrooding on this...'My person' has always felt they have no value because they can't be economically active.Not providing sufficient income for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LifeEssentials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LifeEssentials</a> through <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> reinforces that belief. Your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> government is telling you "You are worthless".I despair.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/LiNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiNO</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Benefits</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eugenics</a>

BeverleyI care for a vulnerable person.They constantly feel under threat. In the past, who would have ever thought this could get worse under a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> government?Today I received this person's migration notice to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> .I feel sick.A quick search evidences that most people are worse off following migration. They are far from living the life of luxury as it is.I'm dreading what is to come...They'd probably be better off if I died as they are my sole beneficiary.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/LiNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiNO</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Benefits</a>

Lee for #The25th NOW! 🤬🚨 I just donated to speed up the 9th raffle of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UBI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBI4ALL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UBI4ALL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BasicIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasicIncome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RentaMinima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RentaMinima</a>! 😉Win a year of European Basic Income of € 800 per month! 👇🤑😉 <a href="https://ubi4all.eu/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ubi4all.eu/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ubi4all" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ubi4all</a> via @Ubi4All_EU @Mills4Humanity 👏

Darren Fower📩 In a letter to the 🌹 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrimeMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrimeMinister</a>, Foxcroft said she understood the need to address "the ever-increasing welfare bill" but said cuts to personal independence payments and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> should "not be part of the solution"❗️<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKLabour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKLabour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WelfareState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WelfareState</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VickyFoxcroftMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VickyFoxcroftMP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KeirStarmer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisabilityBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisabilityBenefits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LabourParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LabourParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisabilityCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DisabilityCuts</a>

TottsGovernment officials brace for up to 50 #?Labour MPs rebelling against welfare bill | Welfare | The Guardian<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pip</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/17/government-officials-brace-for-labour-mps-rebelling-against-welfare-bill" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/17/government-officials-brace-for-labour-mps-rebelling-against-welfare-bill</a>

A Fine Day to build a fence 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸Universal credit are bastards.Unlike hmrc, who recognise that sold employment can result in 'bursty' pay (late invoices etc.), UC has no mechanism to handle this, and withhold payment in this scenario.Also no accommodations for disability. Disgusting.<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/universalcredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universalcredit</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/uc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uc</a>

Estarriol, lucozade dragonI truly hate this government and the ones before it.Compulsory transfer to UC, but UC treat it as a new application, so having to resubmit every document.Issue is I rent, with an understanding Landlord (who lives next door) so when did you move into the property 2016, we need to see the tenancy, problem, when I moved in, it was with my brother and he is on the original, so need a new tenancy just for me, Landlord sorts it out promptly.Them, the dates don't match..... <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a>

US news | The GuardianLabour is taking the Pip – and disabled people have had enough | Cherylee Houston <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/27/labour-taking-the-pip-disabled-people" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/27/labour-taking-the-pip-disabled-people</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Universalcredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Universalcredit</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Socialexclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Socialexclusion</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unemployment</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Benefits</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Society</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a>

RosaVainS*AT*NA KUN PELOTTAA tämä "yleistuki", eli pyrkimys tehdä Suomesta Pikku-Britannia ulosottomiehineen (Universal Credit). Pelottaa kaikki törkyhallituksen yritykset muuttaa perusturvaa ja lakeja. - Ja tässäkin vain kuukausi aikaa lausua (19.6.2025). Viikate-SanniG. lähtenyt taas liikkeelle, p*rk*l*en pelottava ihminen. <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/hallitus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hallitus</a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/lausuntokierros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lausuntokierros</a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/yleistuki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yleistuki</a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/universalcredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universalcredit</a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/leikkaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leikkaus</a> <a href="https://stm.fi/-/yleistuki-yksinkertaistaa-sosiaaliturvaa-stm-pyytaa-lausuntoja-yleistuen-ensimmaisesta-vaiheesta?languageId=fi_FI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stm.fi/-/yleistuki-yksinkertaistaa-sosiaaliturvaa-stm-pyytaa-lausuntoja-yleistuen-ensimmaisesta-vaiheesta?languageId=fi_FI</a>

Jay BakerHey <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/HiveMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HiveMind</a> in the UK! Does anyone know of any implications for <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UniversalCredit</a> recipients helping to manage a <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MutualAid</a> group account on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/OpenCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenCollective</a>? <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AskFedi</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediHelp</a>

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