campaign against welfare cuts and poverty

[existentialist]

Corbyn - he'll just let in millions more immigrants to lower wages and destroy any chance of people having somewhere to live - where's he going to house all these folk or pay for it?

Ah. I think what we have here is someone Posting For Effect.

Happy with how it's going so far?

 

[Libertad]

Ah. I think what we have here is someone Posting For Effect.

Happy with how it's going so far?

They need to try harder, minimal effort - minimum effect.

 

[Pickman's model]

ending low pay means creating unemployment, do you really want that?

you'd adorn any dole queue

 

[Pickman's model]

They need to try harder, minimal effort - minimum effect.

Gigo

 

[RedStag]

and Libertad, how's he actually going to manage to do that?

ie. how is Corbyn going to house the immigrants in my house

 

[Ground Elder]

He's going to kick you out first.

 

[RedStag]

how and for what reason?

 

[Libertad]

how and for what reason?

Our local friendly PD cadre will make use of our trusty hickory handles for no other reason save that you're a cunt.

 

[BigTom]

Thousands of Brits set for £1bn in benefits after government gaffe

Bit of a different piece of news here - there's nearly £1bn in ESA benefits that didn't get paid out when it should have done and claimants could be entitled to around £5k if they were claiming from 2011 - present. Everything I know is in that article and the key bit looks to be:

The blunder emerged when officials discovered some people transferring to ESA from an older system were put on the "contributory", not the "income-based" system.

This meant they had been missing out on payments such as the severe disability premium, which is worth £62.45 per week.

Around 18,000 claimants have already been handed £120million in back payments - averaging about £7,000 each.

So if you know anyone who transferred to ESA and were put on the contributory not income based system please let them know to contact the DWP to find out if they are entitled to backpayments!

 

[A380]

He's going to kick you out first.

And give them a telly bigger than RS ever had.

 

[yield]

Poorest dying nearly 10 years younger than rich in 'deeply worrying' trend, study shows
November 22, 2018

The poorest groups in society are dying almost a decade earlier than the richest, new research shows, prompting concern that welfare cuts and a rising cost of living are leaving the most vulnerable “out of the collective gain”.

The study by academics at Imperial College London revealed the life expectancy gap between the most affluent and most deprived sections of society increased from six years in 2001 to eight years in 2016 for women, and from nine to 10 years for men.

Women in the most deprived communities in 2016 lived until an average 79 years old, compared with 87 years in the most affluent group, while for men, the life expectancy was 74 years among the poorest, compared with 84 years among the richest.

The findings, published in the journal Lancet Public Health, also reveals that the life expectancy of England’s poorest women has fallen in the last seven years – having dropped by three months since 2011.

Child mortality rates were also considerably higher among deprived communities, with poorer children two-and-a-half times more likely to die before they reach adulthood than their peers from affluent families.

 

[crossthebreeze]

Women launch legal challenge to 'irrational' universal credit system

Four women have launched a high court legal challenge to universal credit, arguing that an arbitrary design flaw in the payment system for the new benefit is “irrational and discriminatory” and leaves some families hundreds of pounds a year worse off.

They say the flaw, which relates to the way universal credit monthly payments are calculated, disproportionately affects working parents with children, though it is likely to affect tens of thousands of people claiming the benefit.

The women say the flaw leaves claimants with a “dramatically fluctuating income” and unable to budget from month to month. They can also suffer financial shortfalls because of what lawyers call a “rigid, inflexible assessment system”.

...
The problem arises when claimants’ wages are paid on or close to the first day of their universal credit monthly assessment period, which is used to calculate how much a claimant is entitled to be paid each month.

If a claimant is paid wages a day or two earlier – because their normal payday would fall on a weekend or bank holiday, for example – the system records them as having had two pay cheques in one assessment period and none in the following one.

As a result, universal credit considers them to be earning more than they actually do in the first period. In the second period it wrongly considers them to be earning nothing, meaning they lose out of work allowance of up to £258 each month.

One of the women, Claire Woods, 30, said the cashflow problems caused by the fluctuating payments forced her to rely on a food bank and run up debts. She was subsequently forced to turn down a promotion and put her career on hold.
…
In some cases uncovered by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) , household income fluctuated wildly as a result of the design flaw. In one case, a family’s monthly payment swung from £1,185 to zero, making budgeting impossible.
…
The challenge against the Department for Work and Pensions opened on Tuesday at the high court in London. It is expected to last two days with a ruling expected next year.

 

[yield]

Unacceptable rises in child poverty as more working parents left unable to make ends meet
04/12/18

The assessment comes in a state of the nation report by the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), the leading authority on poverty in the UK. UK Poverty 2018 examines how poverty has changed over the last 20 years, providing the most comprehensive and up to date picture of the challenges and prospects facing low income families.

Overall, one in five of the UK population (22%) are in poverty - 14.3 million people. Of these, 8.2 million are working-age adults, 4.1 million are children and 1.9 million are pensioners. Eight million people live in poverty in families where at least one person is in work.

In-work poverty has been rising even faster than employment, with nearly all of the increase among working parents. There are now four million workers in poverty, around one in eight in the economy.

 

[treelover]

Shameless Tories pose for photos at food banks while plunging UK into poverty

Truly truly no shame,

Oh, and we will have less from Liam Byrne, does he not forget he helped bring in many of the most brutal welfare reforms.

 

[yield]

Average UK workers earning a third less than in 2008 – report
Fri 14 Dec 2018

Wages are still worth a third less in some parts of the country than a decade ago, according to a report.

Research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found that the average worker has lost £11,800 in real earnings since 2008.

The UK has suffered the worst real wage slump among leading economies, said the union organisation.

The biggest losses have been in areas including the London borough of Redbridge, Epsom and Waverley in Surrey, Selby in North Yorkshire and Anglesey in north Wales, the studyfound.

 

[Southlondon]

Welfare revolt in Corbyn Country: Why Islington voted to scrap Universal Credit

 

[treelover]

Some horrendous cases there, it is also hitting the 'deserving poor'*, those in work,etc

how the media see them, not my term.

 

[yield]

There’s a national emergency all right – but it isn’t Brexit
20/12/18. Aditya Chakrabortty

As another vote looms amid the pantomime of Westminster, the core issues behind leave’s win have been ignored

 

[yield]

Revealed: legal aid cuts forcing parents to give up fight for children
26/12/18

Deep cuts to legal aid have inflicted such disarray in family courts that parents are abandoning efforts to maintain contact with their children, the Guardian has been told, while one of the main architects of the austerity measures has admitted they are “draconian”.

Protracted austerity since 2012 has reduced funding by about £950m a year in real terms, causing an alarming rise in the number of people forced to represent themselves.

The number of people receiving legal aid has fallen more than 80% in eight years. Critics say the result is unnecessary conflict and stress, and unsatisfactory justice.

80%. Isn't it just?

Thomas, the former lord chief justice, who now chairs the Commission on Justice in Wales, said: “We have to restore advice and representation, otherwise we are undermining the rule of law. Without legal aid, people are being deprived of access to justice. I don’t believe there’s any judges these days who are not worried as to what has happened as result of Laspo.

“What saved the courts from chaos is that [the government also] cut police funding. If you restored funding to the police and they caught and prosecuted more [suspects], the courts would be in desperate trouble.”

Maybe Extinction Rebellion were right they could flood the courts and break it?

 

[Libertad]

Maybe Extinction Rebellion were right they could flood the courts and break it?

The justice system is already broken.

 

[treelover]

Ref, OP, was there ever a large scale campaign against welfare cuts and poverty? can't seem to recall one, response largely food banks.

 

[existentialist]

Ref, OP, was there ever a large scale campaign against welfare cuts and poverty? can't seem to recall one, response largely food banks.

Shocking, I call it. All these people sitting around, wringing their hands, and waiting for someone else to do something.

So, what have you been doing?

 

[8115]

Need to sign on? You'll have to walk 24 miles to the jobcentre

 

[chainsawjob]

If anyone has had DLA/PIP stopped because of 'failing to attend a face to face assessment without good reason' (as I have), there's going to be a review of these cases because they fucked up (thankfully my situation was put right by taking it to appeal and I got DLA reinstated)...

The latest review is necessary because of an upper tribunal ruling in the case of a claimant moving from disability living allowance (DLA) to personal independence payment (PIP) who had his DLA stopped because he had failed to attend an Atos face-to-face assessment.

The upper tribunal found that the claimant, OM – who had long-standing psychosis, and became agitated and aggressive around people he did not know – had “good reason” for not attending the PIP assessment that the government contractor Atos had told his wife he would have to attend in one of its London centres.

The upper tribunal found that OM should have his DLA reinstated until a final decision was made on his PIP claim, while he should also receive backdated payments from the date DWP stopped his DLA.

Bungling DWP announces seventh review of disability benefits errors in a year

 

[Edie]

Would you please watch and share this short film made by five women from Leeds about what it’s like living in poverty and fighting shame.

These are inspirational ladies, all of them doing amazing things in their community, and their voices really deserve to be heard.

It’s just been released today.

Ty

 

[Edie]

Honestly just re-watched it since the screening this afternoon and seeing those hungry little kids at the lunch club is dreadful. The women at that church are doing good things.

One of the women featured is a young lass who isn’t out of her teens and she’s set up this charity to collect & distribute cleaned and pressed second hand school uniform to kids in need. She washes and irons it in her own home. Amazing young woman to do that while being a single Mum:

 

[8115]

Would you please watch and share this short film made by five women from Leeds about what it’s like living in poverty and fighting shame.

These are inspirational ladies, all of them doing amazing things in their community, and their voices really deserve to be heard.

It’s just been released today.

Ty

Thanks, this is very interesting and thought-provoking.

 

[Libertad]

Will they ever stop doing this to people?

DWP apologises for telling seriously ill man to find a job

Poor fucker.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Will they ever stop doing this to people?

DWP apologises for telling seriously ill man to find a job

Poor fucker.

That's awful
Poor man..

 

[existentialist]

Will they ever stop doing this to people?

DWP apologises for telling seriously ill man to find a job

Poor fucker.

I fail to see in their statement

“We are sorry for the experience Mr Smith has had and we are committed to ensuring that people with health conditions get the support they’re entitled to.

“Following the independent tribunal’s ruling, he is now receiving full ESA support. While Mr Smith continued to receive benefits and support during his appeal, we can confirm he will shortly receive all back payments for ESA due.”

anything to suggest that anyone in the chain of command, up to and including the minister responsible at the time this decision was taken, will be experiencing any kind of sanction or punishment proportionate to the suffering they needlessly inflicted on this man.

Words are cheap.