DISABILITY BENEFITS
CREDIT CRUNCH
Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020
1/ DWP continues its disgusting campaign of discrimination some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Govt is again facing possible claims of unlawful discrimination against thousands of disabled people.
CREDIT CRUNCH
Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020
1/ DWP continues its disgusting campaign of discrimination some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Govt is again facing possible claims of unlawful discrimination against thousands of disabled people.
DISABILITY BENEFITS
CREDIT CRUNCH
Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020
2/ The Government is again facing possible claims of unlawful discrimination against thousands of severely disabled people, who have already been left £60 a month worse off after moving to universal credit (UC).
CREDIT CRUNCH
Private 👁 4-17 Dec 2020
2/ The Government is again facing possible claims of unlawful discrimination against thousands of severely disabled people, who have already been left £60 a month worse off after moving to universal credit (UC).
3/ Initially they (severely disabled) faced losing all of their old “severe disability premium” payments of around £180 under the previous system when they were switched to the much-criticised UC....
4/ The severe disability premium is paid to meet the substantial additional care needs & costs of living with severe disability, and both the high court & appeal court ruled the cuts were unlawful....
5/ After its humiliating defeat, the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) decided it would then pay only £120 a month.
But despicable Tory ministers are even clawing that back by stealth, reducing the sum every time there is any increase in UC....
But despicable Tory ministers are even clawing that back by stealth, reducing the sum every time there is any increase in UC....
6/ @BorisJohnson shame on you.
With one hand his Govt would swindle the severely disabled out of their ‘severe disability premium’ but with the other hand awarded Johnson’s former aide, Dominic Cummings, a £45,000 pay rise.
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With one hand his Govt would swindle the severely disabled out of their ‘severe disability premium’ but with the other hand awarded Johnson’s former aide, Dominic Cummings, a £45,000 pay rise.
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7/ Shame on you @BorisJohnson & @theresecoffey
The Government’s recent £20-a-month boost, supposedly for all UC claimants, will not benefit the most profoundly disabled by one penny....
The Government’s recent £20-a-month boost, supposedly for all UC claimants, will not benefit the most profoundly disabled by one penny....
8/ Those claimants (severely disabled) received letters last month telling them the severe disability premium would be paid as “transitional protection” component of UC.
It warned over time the sum would be reduced if there were any other increase in UC entitlement 🤦♀️
It warned over time the sum would be reduced if there were any other increase in UC entitlement 🤦♀️
9/ NASTY PARTY NEW LOW
The DWP letter continued:
“For example, if your UC standard allowance increases by £10, your transitional protection payment will decrease by £10”
A matter of utmost concern when Govt are taking money from those most vulnerable in the midst of a pandemic
The DWP letter continued:
“For example, if your UC standard allowance increases by £10, your transitional protection payment will decrease by £10”
A matter of utmost concern when Govt are taking money from those most vulnerable in the midst of a pandemic
10/ Tessa Gregory of the law firm Leigh Day, which successfully represented disabled people in earlier court battles with the DWP said....
11/ Tessa Gregory of Leigh Day, Solicitors:
“It’s a matter of utmost concern that in the midst of a pandemic the Government once again is taking money from this most vulnerable cohort of disabled people. We are urgently looking into this issue on behalf of our clients.”
“It’s a matter of utmost concern that in the midst of a pandemic the Government once again is taking money from this most vulnerable cohort of disabled people. We are urgently looking into this issue on behalf of our clients.”
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