Tories sneaked out tax credit ‘rape clause’ while we were all watching Trump
Critics are outraged by policy they claim undermines women’s rights [Image: Rex].
Women whose third child is born following a sexual assault will be forced to provide evidence of the rape or face losing tax credits, under controversial plans quietly rolled out by the Government on the day Donald Trump was inaugurated.
The Government said on Friday it was pressing ahead with the most controversial element of the plan – the requirement that women report their ordeal to a third party, such as a GP or social worker, before their tax credit claim is processed.
The Government insisted the data would be treated as “extremely sensitive” and any documentation sent to claimants will not include the reason for the additional payments.
But it comes after the DWP was accused of revealing a domestic violence victim’s identity to her abuser.
Source: Government accused of using Trump inauguration to sneak out controversial tax credit ‘rape clause’
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I have no words. There are no words…
sick government
Step to far into private lives….political intrusion of the worst kind…..only the Cons would sign off on this..
I’m not quite sure of the basis on which this post has been presented, does this mean that a third child does not automatically, other than those whose third child is the product of a rape, get any benefit?
Yes.
Shame that all the doughty Britis who turned out in the cold to protest against Trump in the US, are so nonplussed (or should that be ‘non-pussed’) about the systematic abuses against women in their OWN country by their OWN government.
I am fine and able to care about women in America, and the UK and the whole world. I am also concerned about knife crime and suicide and how these affect men. It’s possible to care about a lot of people and to make time to take action. Try it.