Following my post on the further £12bn welfare cuts promised by Osborne if the Tories win, I received an email from one of those persons who read it, Sue Tuke, with some devastating new revelations about how the proposed cuts to Universal Credit when self-employed claimants miss their monthly targets will likely be part of […]
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Another hit for low-paid workers revealed – one of Osborne’s £12bn hidden benefit cuts
Apr 2nd, 2015 by Michael Meacher.
Everyone, including DWP staff, think universal credit is a disaster
Aug 5th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.Universal credit was supposed to be introduced by Iain Duncan Smith (IDS) and the Department for Work & Pensions in September, but the roll-out date continually gets postponed. The aim is to replace several in- and out-of-work benefits – job seeker’s allowance, income support, employment and support allowance, tax credits, plus housing benefit and support […]
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Eight things IDS didn’t tell you about Universal Credit
May 19th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.One: Universal Credit (UC) was officially launched, on a very small scale, at the end of last month in Ashton-under-Lyne. It merges several benefits and tax credits into 1 monthly pay-out, not let it be noted weekly. IDS is keen to tell the public that 3 million people will gain, though for some reason he […]
