Universal Credit : In work, part time claimants sanctioned for taking holidays and …… for working!
Unlike Zac and Sarah, Helen is a real person.
A Lone Parent working hard and doing the right thing.
This is Helen’s Story!
She also says: I had a phone call last week saying that there is a new rule coming in and that even though I am working 30hours a week I have to start going to the job centre weekly again to “help” me find a second job to get me off credits altogether if I don’t attend these meetings I will be sanctioned and penalised again! I have lost around £300 per month since I got swapped over to UC already and just feel like the government just don’t care about the stress they are putting on working families
Figures published in Nov 2105 show that 144000 claimants are now signed onto Universal Credit. 32.5 % are in work, that’s some 45827 people who are at risk…
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