One of these is Alana Cooper. She has told DNS how she asked repeatedly – over two short spells on universal credit – for DWP to deal with her claim by telephone rather than through the online universal credit “journal”, but her requests were ignored. Alana, who lives in Preston, ...
There is also a question of proportionality and fairness. DWP fraud is far less serious than tax evasion and avoidance by the super-rich – the former costs the Treasury a tiny fraction of what the latter costs. But Starmer has no plans to intrude on the bank accounts of the ...
It also declined to provide a response from Stride to the concerns in the dossier about universal credit and the risk of “vulnerable” claimants “falling through the gaps”. DWP also refused to say if Stride would meet with the union, and how he responded to the union’s claim that DWP...
Naturally, a benefits assessor has visited, and told this layabout to get back to work and that their benefits are to be cut. In the spirit of the age, ATOS, the benefits assessment firm, comes to mind. They are proud sponsors of the Paralympics. Hooray! They were also implicated in s...
Claim forms and documents provided by claimants as evidence are apparently being delayed by between four and six weeks before they are scanned onto the department’s IT system, on top of the time it takes to deal with the rest of the personal independence payment (PIP) review process. ...
“I tried to claim PIP three years ago too but failed that, mostly due to not enough evidence. “I haven’t got the physical or emotional strength to go through that again. “There are many people being treated like this and it is so wrong. At 51, I could be dead before they pa...