Tories STILL haven’t bothered to research the harsh impact of Universal Credit delays
This is no surprise to anyone who has been following the contribution of Universal Credit to the spread of poverty in the UK.
The Conservative government has received many demands for research into the adverse impact of its new failure of a policy – you can’t call it a benefit – but has steadfastly refused to do anything about it.
There is a simple reason for this: Tories don’t care if someone else is suffering.
The entire aim of Universal Credit is to pay as little as possible to people in need.
Poverty is irrelevant to them. If people die, that’s irrelevant too. All that matters is deniability.
And that’s another reason the Tories won’t do any research.
The Department of Work and Pensions has failed to analyse the impact of the five-week wait for Universal Credit, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
Neil Cowan, policy and parliamentary officer at the Poverty Alliance, requested detail from the Department on the levels of poverty, destitution or “food insecurity” suffered by claimants forced to wait five weeks for their first payment.
But the Department of Work and Pensions responded saying that it does not hold any such analysis on the five-week wait.
This is despite being required to hold the personal data of claimants, their benefits records, and details of any payments made.
Source: Tories deny knowledge of poverty caused by Universal Credit delays | Left Foot Forward
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