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Unresolved complaints about the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) shot up by nearly 70 per cent last year, according to an official report. The Independent Case Examiner (ICE) Joanna Wallace says in her annual report that her office is continuing […]
Disabled campaigners were outside the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday (Wednesday) to highlight the “appalling discrimination” experienced by an estimated two million claimants who were denied a £20-a-week rise in their benefits during the pandemic. They spoke of the “heinous” failure […]
A disabled woman who spent 37 years living in mental health institutions and hostels, including time sleeping in doorways, fears the flawed universal credit system will cause her to be evicted from her flat back onto the streets. It is only […]
A disabled woman who fled a violent relationship says she was left without any income after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refused to ease demands placed on her by its “abusive” universal credit system, and then stopped her payments. […]
A disabled woman has described how she was repeatedly denied permission to communicate with her work coach by telephone, thanks to the “barbarian” benefits systems run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Alana Cooper, from Preston, is one of […]
A whistleblower has spoken of her horror after learning how a disabled woman took her own life following pressure from the universal credit system, a few weeks after she warned such tragedies could happen. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) reported […]
A disabled woman left traumatised by the daily demands of the universal credit system took her own life just four days after being told she would need to attend a face-to-face meeting with a work coach, her family say. Rebecca*, a […]
Disabled activists who have spent years raising concerns about universal credit have warned of its cruelty and how the system “hounds” claimants into complying with strict rules. They spoke out this week as Disability News Service (DNS) reveals how a disabled […]
A disabled man was left suicidal and without any income because of the serious flaws within the universal credit system set up by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Phillip Manion’s experience of universal credit’s controversial online journal system has […]
A disabled former nurse has described how the “brutal” and “biased” universal credit system left her feeling trapped and worthless. Shirley Rudolph was eventually forced to abandon her universal credit claim and rely on two small pensions and bereavement support to […]