Universal Credit is an unmitigated catastrophe for ill and disabled people
I co-run an online advice and support group for people going through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claims, assessments, mandatory reviews and appeals. Recently there has been a spike in people being reassessed for their awards of both kinds of support much earlier than expected. Furthermore, many are seeing their longstanding awards being taken from them by the Department for Work and Pensions following the reassessment, when this is clearly unjustifiable.
Failing a work capability assessment usually triggers migration onto Universal Credit.
For example, a significant proportion of this group have chronic or degenerative illnesses that are not going to improve. If someone with such a condition is deemed unfit for work, or in need of extra support to meet their needs and maintain independence, given that it’s highly improbable that their condition will improve, it’s more than unreasonably cruel that following review, these people…
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“I co-run an online advice and support group for people going through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claims, assessments, mandatory reviews and appeals. ”
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So how come that pile of TOTAL BS and it’s “3,437 more words” has not one single mention of Vulnerable Adult Abuse / FRAUD / Misconduct in Public Office / Torture / Murder / Police / or even Social Services???????
Maybe lowlife like that should LEARN HOW TO READ , or is it only interested in covering up HATE CRIME committed by it’s Public Sector Filth Mates.
“Written by Kitty S Jones”
https://kittysjones.wordpress.com/
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UNISON WCA Criminal Quacks –
UNISON Labour ££££££ –
https://www.unison.org.uk/about/our-organisation/political-affiliations-and-support/labour-link/
UNISON FILTH –
Perverting The Course of Justice –
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/public_justice_offences_incorporating_the_charging_standard/
Assisting an Offender – section 4(1) Criminal Law Act 1967 –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/58/section/4
Concealing an Arrestable Offence: s.5 Criminal Law Act 1967 –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/58/section/5
Serious Crime Act 2007 – Encouraging or Assisting Crime –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/27/part/2
Aiding or Abetting – Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/94/crossheading/as-to-abettors-in-misdemeanors
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Care Act 2014 – Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse or neglect –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/section/42/enacted
Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 –
Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care worker offence –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/section/20/enacted
Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care provider offence –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/section/21/enacted
Fraud Act 2006 –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/contents
Misconduct in Public Office –
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/misconduct_in_public_office/
Criminal Justice Act 1988 – Torture
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/part/XI/crossheading/torture
Disability Hate Crime – Criminal Justice Act 2003 (section 146) –
Increase in sentences for aggravation related to disability –
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/146
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Articles
https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2.html
UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CAT.aspx