Tory welfare reforms ‘set to take cash from battered women and give it to their attackers’ | Benefit tales

Last Updated: May 20, 2015By

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AN expert has warned Iain Duncan Smith’s planned Universal Credit will move cash away from women in violent households and hand it to their partners instead.

Source: Tory welfare reforms ‘set to take cash from battered women and give it to their attackers’ | Benefit tales

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  1. Joan Edington May 20, 2015 at 7:28 pm - Reply

    The trouble with universal credit, or should I say one of the many troubles, is that not many people understand what it entails. The media, in general, don’t attempt to explain it, if even they know any more. It is sold as being a much simpler method of payment, which most people would say is a good thing, but in reality it is anything but. As well as moving money away from original recipients, who were being paid it for good reasons, the payments being adjusted by so-called “real-time” analysis of claimants’ situations is far too complex, will not be adhered to by the various organisations reporting situations and is the reason for the squillions that IDS has wasted.

  2. Gazza May 20, 2015 at 8:14 pm - Reply

    OT: James Roberts Nails the WHY of UJM and the WHAT it means to us

    22minutes of monologue that was not good to hear.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc62a8oYjCs

    Think in terms of UK Gov using Benifits as a means of control. And using Zero Hours Contracts with the withdrawal of the Humans Rights Act as a means of keeping the poor poor – but at the same time saying they’re doing anything/everything to “Help” [those that do not comply are labelled as workshy/too fat/druggies etc etc]

    The future is here and it ain’t looking good in these fair lands.

  3. Joyce lawrence May 22, 2015 at 1:28 am - Reply

    Housing benefit and council tax benefit are not taxed so under Univeral credit those in work on low wages that have to claim benefits because of things like zero hours contracts will be worse of as their housing and council tax benefit will be given to them as part of Universal credit so be classed as income,therefore will be in their tax allowance .

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