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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae0-7260-885d-1ef9ddf113c4", "title": "I don’t go near the window because I might jump… How many people with serious mental health histories are in hostels like this?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/02/i-dont-go-near-the-window-because-i-might-jump-how-many-people-with-serious-mental-health-histories-are-in-hostels-like-this/", "published_at": "2019-02-11T10:02:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9ced39f6", "title": "Families trying to make self-employment and Universal Credit work: “It’s a nightmare. We never get paid on time. I have to keep chasing the DWP to get paid.”", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/02/families-trying-to-make-self-employment-and-universal-credit-work-its-a-nightmare-we-never-get-paid-on-time-i-have-to-keep-chasing-the-dwp-to-get-paid/", "published_at": "2019-02-03T10:58:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9d67c8da", "title": "Social services said: “we can provide a home for your daughter, but not you.” Homeless women live in fear of having their kids removed", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/02/social-services-said-we-can-provide-a-home-for-your-daughter-but-not-you-homeless-women-live-in-fear-of-having-their-kids-removed/", "published_at": "2019-02-01T11:34:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9d821a6b", "title": "DWP: we don’t want you studying or improving your life. We want you in low paid work forever", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/01/dwp-we-dont-want-you-studying-or-improving-your-life-we-want-you-in-low-paid-work-forever/", "published_at": "2019-01-28T08:59:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9d9ea58c", "title": "The rush to throw sick or disabled people off ESA and force them onto Universal Credit goes on while the DWP talks bollocks about support…", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/01/the-rush-to-throw-sick-or-disabled-people-off-esa-and-force-them-onto-universal-credit-is-on/", "published_at": "2019-01-21T12:23:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9e1b68fe", "title": "From May, pensioners will have to claim Universal Credit if they have a partner below pension age", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/01/from-may-pensioners-will-have-to-claim-universal-credit-if-they-have-a-partner-below-pension-age/", "published_at": "2019-01-14T21:52:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9e499e81", "title": "Amber Rudd’s fake Universal Credit news", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/01/amber-rudds-fake-universal-credit-news/", "published_at": "2019-01-13T17:44:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9e767bcc", "title": "DWP: if you don’t close your ESA claim and move to Universal Credit, we’ll shut your ESA down anyway", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/01/dwp-if-you-dont-close-your-esa-claim-and-move-to-universal-credit-well-shut-your-esa-down-anyway/", "published_at": "2019-01-07T11:36:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9f277e4f", "title": "DWP already chucks people off JSA and ESA and forces Universal Credit claims. So much for managed migration", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2019/01/dwp-already-chucks-people-off-jsa-and-esa-and-forces-universal-credit-claims-so-much-for-managed-migration/", "published_at": "2019-01-04T13:08:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7b-5ae1-7149-83cd-e40a9f62e9b0", "title": "Back soon", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/12/back-soon-17/", "published_at": "2018-12-17T11:29:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2d87a9cc2", "title": "What will happen to my disabled child in austerity after I die? What happens to my adult child who has learning difficulties when I’m not around to advocate?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/12/what-will-happen-to-my-disabled-child-in-austerity-after-i-die-what-happens-to-my-adult-child-who-has-learning-difficulties-when-im-not-around-to-advocate/", "published_at": "2018-12-06T11:17:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2d8917800", "title": "Tories donating cans to foodbanks that people must use because of Tory welfare cuts. Do me a favour.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/12/tories-donating-cans-to-foodbanks-that-people-must-use-because-of-tory-welfare-cuts-do-me-a-favour/", "published_at": "2018-12-03T17:00:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2d92cb7a0", "title": "Got a voluntary job – and then sacked from the voluntary job, because someone “better” came along… how unemployment rolls. More on #UniversalCredit…", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/11/got-a-voluntary-job-and-then-sacked-from-the-voluntary-job-because-someone-better-came-along-how-unemployment-rolls-more-on-universalcredit/", "published_at": "2018-11-26T12:57:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2d9c7c8cf", "title": "Why can’t Labour decide where the hell it is at on Universal Credit? Hello?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/11/why-cant-labour-decide-where-the-hell-it-is-at-on-universal-credit-hello/", "published_at": "2018-11-23T10:01:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2d9f7c5ac", "title": "#UniversalCredit rolls out in Stockport this week. Bloody battles loom over this disaster", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/11/universalcredit-rolls-out-in-stockport-this-week-bloody-battles-loom-over-this-disaster/", "published_at": "2018-11-19T11:55:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2da179ae9", "title": "Councils to vote on calling for halt to Universal Credit rollout. Better than nothing although not really.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/11/councils-to-vote-on-calling-for-halt-to-universal-credit-rollout-better-than-nothing-although-not-really/", "published_at": "2018-11-14T09:22:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2dae7aac3", "title": "Universal Credit is not the only horror show in town. The entire benefits system is wrecked. I’ll show you.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/11/universal-credit-is-not-the-only-horror-show-in-town-the-entire-benefits-system-is-wrecked-ill-show-you/", "published_at": "2018-11-12T11:38:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2db80ba24", "title": "Back next week. A few thoughts on Universal Credit until then…", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/11/back-next-week-a-few-thoughts-on-universal-credit-until-then/", "published_at": "2018-11-09T12:24:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2dc0c033b", "title": "At Oldham foodbank, Universal Credit is the biggest problem by miles", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/10/at-oldham-foodbank-universal-credit-is-the-biggest-problem-by-miles/", "published_at": "2018-10-28T11:40:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7f-561b-70aa-afa3-dea2dc256150", "title": "#UniversalCredit, sanctions, rent arrears, radiation therapy, 8 people living in one small flat…what the hell does this achieve?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/10/universalcredit-sanctions-rent-arrears-radiation-therapy-8-people-living-in-one-small-flat-what-the-hell-does-this-achieve/", "published_at": "2018-10-22T11:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-7446222e75ab", "title": "Worried about being moved to the same borough as your violent ex-partner’s family? Tough. Get going.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/10/worried-about-being-moved-to-the-same-borough-as-your-violent-ex-partners-family-tough-get-going/", "published_at": "2018-10-14T13:57:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-744622b52e45", "title": "Working for nothing, accused of fraud, sent on unchanging CV courses: owned by the DWP when you’re older and unemployed", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/10/working-for-nothing-accused-of-fraud-sent-on-unchanging-cv-courses-owned-by-the-dwp-when-youre-older-and-unemployed/", "published_at": "2018-10-11T11:25:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-74462393c6c5", "title": "Universal Credit, not allowed to use jobcentre phones to secure work, sent on a course called Changing Attitudes…", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/10/universal-credit-not-allowed-to-use-jobcentre-phones-to-secure-work-sent-on-a-course-called-changing-attitudes/", "published_at": "2018-10-01T08:56:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-744624694aba", "title": "Islington council: Dunno how many disabled people we have stuck in inaccessible flats or buildings they can’t get out of. Wouldn’t tell you anyway", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/09/islington-council-dunno-how-many-disabled-people-we-have-stuck-in-inaccessible-flats-wouldnt-tell-you-anyway/", "published_at": "2018-09-19T11:39:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-744624fdc803", "title": "Back at the end of September", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/09/back-at-the-end-of-september/", "published_at": "2018-09-03T07:47:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-744625bb693d", "title": "This disabled Islington woman is a prisoner in her inaccessible flat. How many others are stuck like this?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/08/this-disabled-islington-woman-is-a-prisoner-in-her-inaccessible-flat-how-many-others-are-stuck-like-this/", "published_at": "2018-08-14T10:15:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-7446264d83e3", "title": "Osteoarthritis, can’t walk up 4 flights to the flat – and no lift. How many disabled people are trapped like this?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/08/osteoarthritis-cant-walk-up-4-flights-to-the-flat-and-no-lift-how-many-disabled-people-are-trapped-like-this/", "published_at": "2018-08-03T11:51:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-7446274aabeb", "title": "By me in Inside Housing: Breaking the silence: a council insider shines a light on the homelessness crisis", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/08/by-me-in-inside-housing-breaking-the-silence-a-council-insider-shines-a-light-on-the-homelessness-crisis/", "published_at": "2018-08-01T09:49:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-7446277cedea", "title": "Newham council tries to deny a homeless woman the right to appeal a terrible housing decision. WHY?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/07/newham-council-tries-to-deny-a-homeless-woman-the-right-to-appeal-a-terrible-housing-decision-why/", "published_at": "2018-07-26T12:13:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8c-ac3d-7270-858d-744627995169", "title": "Benefit claimants without a past or history wanted. Really.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/07/benefit-claimants-without-a-past-or-history-wanted-really/", "published_at": "2018-07-25T18:03:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d3d4db547", "title": "Used and abused: inside a failed UK workfare scheme. Will Universal Credit claimants be pushed into schemes like this to make up labour shortfalls after Brexit?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/07/used-and-abused-inside-a-failed-uk-workfare-scheme-will-universal-credit-claimants-be-pushed-into-schemes-like-this-to-make-up-labour-shortfalls-after-brexit/", "published_at": "2018-07-18T12:15:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d3deaa470", "title": "You can’t have this job because you’re too old. We also deduct £200 from wages because these jobs are apprenticeships. What.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/07/you-cant-have-this-job-because-youre-too-old-we-also-deduct-200-from-wages-because-these-jobs-are-apprenticeships/", "published_at": "2018-07-06T12:40:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d3e5a4895", "title": "Newham council tells homeless mother to move to Birmingham. Council says friends and family are not essential to her welfare", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/06/newham-council-tells-homeless-mother-to-move-to-birmingham-newham-friends-and-family-are-not-essential-to-your-households-welfare/", "published_at": "2018-06-25T10:16:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d3f1af674", "title": "When you’re older and unemployed, the DWP actively takes the piss. More interviews from the jobcentre", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/06/when-youre-older-and-unemployed-the-dwp-actively-takes-the-piss-more-interviews-from-the-jobcentre/", "published_at": "2018-06-14T08:26:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d3f30195a", "title": "Back soon", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/06/back-soon-16/", "published_at": "2018-06-05T05:21:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d3fb105d9", "title": "Don’t care if you have to pick your child up from school. You must attend the jobcentre so we can watch you apply for jobs you won’t get", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/05/dont-care-if-you-have-to-pick-your-child-up-from-school-you-must-attend-the-jobcentre-so-we-can-watch-you-apply-for-jobs-you-wont-get/", "published_at": "2018-05-24T18:16:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d40115d35", "title": "All hail the DWP – actively making it near-impossible for people with no money to start or keep work", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/05/all-hail-the-dwp-actively-making-it-near-impossible-for-people-with-no-money-to-start-or-keep-work/", "published_at": "2018-05-16T14:54:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d40372ad0", "title": "Mental health problems – but benefits sanctioned. In hospital with asthma – but benefits sanctioned. No money – but benefits sanctioned. ENOUGH.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/05/mental-health-problems-but-benefits-sanctioned-in-hospital-with-asthma-but-benefits-sanctioned-no-money-but-benefits-sanctioned-enough/", "published_at": "2018-05-14T09:44:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d409a7d17", "title": "Behind the scenes with frontline service users in austerity: excerpts from interviews and covert videos and recordings", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/05/behind-the-scenes-with-frontline-service-users-in-austerity-excerpts-from-interviews-and-covert-videos-and-recordings/", "published_at": "2018-05-09T12:21:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb8f-f233-7130-b00b-d99d41791990", "title": "Council officers told off by managers for deciding that homeless people should be helped. Wtf is going on here.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/05/council-officers-told-off-by-managers-for-deciding-homeless-people-are-entitled-to-council-help-wtf-is-going-on-here/", "published_at": "2018-05-08T07:26:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986f7eea105", "title": "Posting will be light over the next month", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/04/posting-will-be-light-over-the-next-month/", "published_at": "2018-04-16T14:05:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986f8b1f762", "title": "“[MPs] don’t worry about money. They don’t worry about where the next electricity is coming from. You never see anyone like that knocking down at foodbank.” #UniversalCredit", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/04/mps-dont-worry-about-money-they-dont-worry-about-where-the-next-electricity-is-coming-from-you-never-see-anyone-like-that-knocking-down-at-foodbank-universalcredit/", "published_at": "2018-04-03T10:33:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986f8fb4a75", "title": "Back after Easter", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/03/back-after-easter/", "published_at": "2018-03-25T16:07:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986f93ad4dc", "title": "Ten week Universal Credit start delay, rent arrears as a result, advance loan repayments, tax credit debt…How debt is built into Universal Credit", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/03/ten-week-universal-credit-start-delay-rent-arrears-as-a-result-advance-loan-repayments-tax-credit-debt-debt-is-built-in-to-universal-credit/", "published_at": "2018-03-13T09:54:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986f998c12a", "title": "When the stress of applying for disability benefits is dangerous to disabled people’s health…", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/03/when-the-stress-of-applying-for-disability-benefits-is-dangerous-to-disabled-peoples-health/", "published_at": "2018-03-12T11:20:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986f9d2c37c", "title": "Let me tell you how useless councils are at answering questions about homelessness, intentional homelessness and threats to separate families. I give you Barking and Dagenham…", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/03/let-me-tell-you-how-useless-councils-are-at-answering-questions-about-homelessness-intentional-homelessness-and-threats-to-separate-families-i-give-you-barking-and-dagenham/", "published_at": "2018-03-06T11:24:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986fabc0421", "title": "Getting inside Universal Credit: callout to #UniversalCredit claimants in the Northwest and Northamptonshire", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/03/getting-inside-universal-credit-callout-to-universalcredit-claimants-in-the-northwest-and-northamptonshire/", "published_at": "2018-03-05T12:47:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986fafabbcd", "title": "Waiting 3 months and more for #UniversalCredit for rent: “I was ringing the DWP in tears saying: ‘I’m really scared I’m going to lose the house’.”", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/02/waiting-3-months-and-more-for-universalcredit-for-rent-i-was-ringing-the-dwp-in-tears-saying-im-really-scared-im-going-to-lose-the-house/", "published_at": "2018-02-27T16:54:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986fbb5ea19", "title": "Does anybody actually work at the HMRC or the DWP anymore, or are we now just down to a couple of (useless) answering machines?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/02/does-anybody-actually-work-at-the-hmrc-or-the-dwp-anymore-or-are-we-now-just-down-to-a-couple-of-useless-answering-machines/", "published_at": "2018-02-19T12:27:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb9c-b122-719c-90db-e986fc42b77d", "title": "Putting disabled people in flats with totally inaccessible upstairs toilets, giving pregnant women airbeds because there’s no furniture: more from the housing frontline", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/02/putting-disabled-people-in-flats-with-totally-inaccessible-upstairs-toilets-giving-pregnant-women-airbeds-because-theres-no-furniture-more-from-the-housing-frontline/", "published_at": "2018-02-08T12:35:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-31523f6dc22a", "title": "Intentionally homeless with kids? Council will house the kids but not you – ie, you’ll be separated from them. The hell with this.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/02/intentionally-homeless-with-kids-council-will-house-the-kids-but-not-you-ie-youll-be-separated-from-them-the-hell-with-this/", "published_at": "2018-02-04T13:56:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-31523fb08b53", "title": "Back soon", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/01/back-soon-15/", "published_at": "2018-01-31T14:50:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-31524071a817", "title": "A rise in the number of rough sleepers? Bet those shocking numbers don’t show the half of it. Look at these two guys.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/01/a-rise-in-the-number-of-rough-sleepers-bet-those-shocking-numbers-dont-show-the-half-of-it-look-at-these-two-guys/", "published_at": "2018-01-25T11:17:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-315240d3a2e8", "title": "Forget #metoo celebs for 5 mins. Where’s the wall-to-wall mainstream outrage and coverage about the violence the austerity state visits on women?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/01/forget-metoo-celebs-for-5-mins-wheres-the-wall-to-wall-mainstream-outrage-and-coverage-about-the-violence-the-austerity-state-visits-on-women/", "published_at": "2018-01-23T12:54:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-31524135cd8b", "title": "Schizophrenia, aged 55, #PIP payments stopped, forced to the foodbank – why are guys like Andrew called society’s leeches but rich Carillion bosses are not?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/01/schizophrenia-aged-55-pip-payments-stopped-forced-to-the-foodbank-why-are-guys-like-andrew-called-societys-leeches-but-rich-carillion-bosses-are-not/", "published_at": "2018-01-17T09:53:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-31524159ce48", "title": "How the DWP makes random deductions from #UniversalCredit accounts to “recover” tax credit debts people can’t afford to pay", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2018/01/how-the-dwp-makes-random-deductions-from-universalcredit-accounts-to-recover-tax-credit-debts-people-cant-afford-to-pay/", "published_at": "2018-01-09T12:01:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-315241cff1fe", "title": "64, homeless, sleeping on a couch that a “friend” charges money for…the Tories should rot in jail for all of this", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/12/64-homeless-sleeping-on-a-couch-that-a-friend-charges-money-for-the-tories-should-rot-in-jail-for-all-of-this/", "published_at": "2017-12-28T14:11:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-315242701107", "title": "Back in the New Year", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/12/back-in-the-new-year/", "published_at": "2017-12-23T07:53:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-3152431fe843", "title": "“I got sanctioned nine months altogether – sanctioned, sanctioned, sanctioned.” And £2k rent arrears. No money for fares to work. More stories from the foodbank", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/12/i-got-sanctioned-nine-months-altogether-sanctioned-sanctioned-sanctioned-and-2k-rent-arrears-no-money-for-fares-to-work-more-stories-from-the-foodbank/", "published_at": "2017-12-17T15:02:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba2-8b8f-7377-8e71-315243b8a124", "title": "Council contempt for homeless people, rotten temporary accommodation: why is this acceptable for people who are most in need?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/12/council-contempt-for-homeless-people-rotten-temporary-accommodation-why-is-this-acceptable-for-people-who-are-most-in-need/", "published_at": "2017-12-13T12:16:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521aae1c086", "title": "In a refuge, domestic violence, no Universal Credit money since October. This government is vicious", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/12/in-a-refuge-domestic-violence-no-universal-credit-money-since-october-this-government-is-vicious/", "published_at": "2017-12-06T08:44:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521ab8920ee", "title": "DWP to disabled woman with bone fractures: Don’t miss hospital appointments. To meet Universal Credit conditions, you must show you’re trying to get better", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/12/dwp-to-disabled-woman-with-bone-fractures-dont-miss-hospital-appointments-to-meet-universal-credit-conditions-you-must-show-youre-trying-to-get-better/", "published_at": "2017-12-03T11:31:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521abd87a59", "title": "“If you don’t pay your rent, we’re going to look at every penny you spend and see whether you’re intentionally homeless…” How contempt for homeless people really plays", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/11/an-officer-says-some-council-officers-are-zealots-when-finding-people-intentionally-homeless-domestic-violence-is-sidelined-officers-tell-people-to-use-foodbanks-to-cut-costs/", "published_at": "2017-11-30T10:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521ac7dd2a7", "title": "Back soon", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/11/back-soon-14/", "published_at": "2017-11-21T18:12:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521ac9ce4b5", "title": "#UniversalCredit is based on a poisonous government loathing for people in poverty – and a genuine belief that people in poverty are lab rats", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/11/universalcredit-is-based-on-a-poisonous-government-loathing-for-people-in-poverty-and-a-genuine-belief-that-people-in-poverty-are-lab-rats/", "published_at": "2017-11-16T12:00:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521ad390af3", "title": "There is and will be another kind of austerity death – the slow death through neglect", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/11/there-is-and-will-be-another-kind-of-austerity-death-the-slow-death-through-neglect/", "published_at": "2017-11-13T12:32:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521ad506050", "title": "Some addicts can’t be “fixed” or “cured.” Provide hostels and wet houses for them. Lay off the sanctimony", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/11/some-addicts-cant-be-fixed-or-cured-provide-hostels-and-wet-houses-for-them-lay-off-the-sanctimony/", "published_at": "2017-11-09T10:16:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521adf96723", "title": "Is anyone getting information out of the DWP at the moment?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/11/is-anyone-getting-information-out-of-the-dwp-at-the-moment/", "published_at": "2017-11-07T09:00:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521ae43104f", "title": "“We’re cutting your benefit, but won’t say why. Get your arse to the jobcentre” – DWP to woman with serious mental health condition", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/11/were-cutting-your-benefit-but-wont-say-why/", "published_at": "2017-11-06T11:57:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bba7-fece-706f-aa47-e521af2df9e8", "title": "Of course we don’t inspect all flats we put homeless families in. No resources. Mould, broken boilers: we know temp housing is foul", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/11/of-course-we-dont-inspect-all-flats-we-put-homeless-families-in-no-resources-mould-broken-boilers-we-know-temp-housing-is-foul/", "published_at": "2017-11-02T10:35:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e74543f59b", "title": "Total of 40 minutes and more on hold to the DWP’s Universal Credit Debt Management line", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/total-of-40-minutes-and-more-on-hold-to-the-dwps-universal-credit-debt-management-line/", "published_at": "2017-10-31T08:56:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e74610ff26", "title": "Why can’t/won’t the DWP send a #UniversalCredit claimant details of tax credit debt it is deducting?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/why-cant-the-dwp-send-a-universalcredit-claimant-details-of-the-tax-credit-debt-its-collecting-from-her/", "published_at": "2017-10-27T12:04:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e746a187ab", "title": "“I miss one bill [to] pay another.” Universal Credit and debt, debt, debt. More #foodbank interviews", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/universal-credit-and-debt-debt-debt-universal-credit-is-really-hard-i-miss-one-bill-to-pay-another-more-foodbank-interviews/", "published_at": "2017-10-26T09:52:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e7478b901d", "title": "We housed a homeless family back in the flat they’d just been evicted from. Landlord decided he’d get more from a nightly let", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/we-housed-a-homeless-family-back-in-the-flat-theyd-just-been-evicted-from-landlord-decided-hed-get-more-from-a-nightly-let/", "published_at": "2017-10-24T08:34:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e747d6a0e1", "title": "Back soon", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/back-soon-13/", "published_at": "2017-10-19T07:42:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e748a97564", "title": "PIP helpline officer: You must speak to me on the phone even though you are deaf", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/pip-helpline-officer-you-must-speak-to-me-on-the-phone-even-though-you-are-deaf/", "published_at": "2017-10-16T07:30:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e748aeb64d", "title": "Redundancy, DWP debt deductions and shambolic DWP bureaucracy: more interviews from foodbanks", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/redundancy-dwp-debt-deductions-and-shambolic-dwp-bureaucracy-more-interviews-from-foodbanks/", "published_at": "2017-10-15T12:57:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e7498d2c9b", "title": "Learning/literacy difficulties & can’t use online Universal Credit? “Find a friend to help,” says DWP. This is dire", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/learningliteracy-difficulties-and-cant-use-the-online-universal-credit-erm-find-a-friend-to-help-says-dwp-so-much-for-support-this-is-dire/", "published_at": "2017-10-12T10:30:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e74a154fbb", "title": "Video: Learning and literacy difficulties and need to drop a sick note to the jobcentre? Too bad. You’re banned. Get out", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/video-learning-and-literacy-difficulties-and-need-to-drop-a-sick-note-to-the-jobcentre-too-bad-youre-banned-get-out/", "published_at": "2017-10-10T08:37:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbad-002b-7359-967e-82e74a58621e", "title": "Universal credit and tax credit debt collection… wtf is going on here. My god", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/universal-credit-and-tax-credit-debt-collection-wtf-is-going-on-here-my-god/", "published_at": "2017-10-06T13:53:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634c34242d", "title": "So, Gauke – what about the many people who need Universal Credit, but can’t use computers or online systems at all?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/so-gauke-what-about-the-many-people-who-need-universal-credit-but-cant-use-computers-or-online-systems-at-all/", "published_at": "2017-10-03T08:41:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634c3ff031", "title": "Universal Credit advance payments fix nothing. They’re just loans – and ANOTHER debt for people who have no money", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/universal-credit-advance-payments-fix-nothing-theyre-just-loans-and-another-debt-for-people-who-have-no-money/", "published_at": "2017-10-02T08:31:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634cff3a4e", "title": "Universal Credit: You must look for work in Colchester by calling Croydon jobcentre. #wtf #IAmLostHere", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/10/universal-credit-you-must-look-for-work-in-colchester-by-calling-croydon-jobcentre-wtf-iamlosthere/", "published_at": "2017-10-01T11:10:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634de9eaf1", "title": "Universal Credit rollout put back a year in North Kensington (Grenfell area)", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/09/universal-credit-rollout-put-back-a-year-in-north-kensington-grenfell-area/", "published_at": "2017-09-27T10:24:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634e08eacc", "title": "Is there too much focus on student loans, credit cards and other “middle class” debt?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/09/is-there-too-much-focus-on-student-loans-credit-card-and-other-middle-class-debt/", "published_at": "2017-09-25T13:35:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634e34ceb2", "title": "How many damn times does the DWP need to assess unchanged disability?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/09/how-many-damn-times-does-the-dwp-need-to-assess-unchanged-disability/", "published_at": "2017-09-21T09:21:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634efaa11b", "title": "Why are we talking about student debt but not benefit debt?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/09/why-are-we-talking-about-student-debt-but-not-benefit-debt/", "published_at": "2017-09-18T13:33:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634fa32e3b", "title": "It’s disgusting that people most in need are excluded from help by useless benefits application systems", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/09/its-disgusting-that-people-most-in-need-are-excluded-from-help-by-useless-benefits-application-systems/", "published_at": "2017-09-11T11:05:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-80634fb67955", "title": "Back in September", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/08/back-in-september/", "published_at": "2017-08-01T09:20:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb1-ff09-732b-84cb-8063506dac4a", "title": "Student debt dominates debate – but where’s the political sympathy for people crushed by council tax debt, DWP loans, rent arrears and sanctions debt?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/07/student-debt-dominates-debate-but-wheres-the-political-sympathy-for-people-crushed-by-council-tax-debt-dwp-loans-rent-arrears-and-sanctions-debt/", "published_at": "2017-07-27T18:33:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2caba8b1adfd", "title": "Why does it take the DWP so long to process sick notes? Why must people put up with such useless systems?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/07/why-does-it-take-the-dwp-so-long-to-process-sick-notes-why-must-people-put-up-with-such-useless-systems/", "published_at": "2017-07-26T12:09:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2caba94efe67", "title": "You won’t get PIP because you failed to attend a face-to-face assessment you didn’t know about. What.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/07/you-wont-get-pip-because-you-failed-to-attend-a-face-to-face-assessment-you-didnt-know-about-or-something/", "published_at": "2017-07-17T10:28:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2caba9bde71f", "title": "Making people wait for PIP assessments and payments really is rubbish", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/07/making-people-wait-for-pip-assessments-and-payments-really-is-rubbish/", "published_at": "2017-07-14T07:54:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2caba9f28a6c", "title": "People sent by councils out of London like this will be parked on benefits for life. Is that the actual aim.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/07/people-sent-by-councils-out-of-london-like-this-will-be-parked-on-benefits-for-life-is-that-the-actual-aim/", "published_at": "2017-07-12T10:08:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2cabaa3bb6ac", "title": "Why do people return and return to foodbanks? Because their benefit problems don’t get fixed for ages. If at all.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/07/why-do-people-return-and-return-to-foodbanks-because-their-benefit-problems-dont-get-fixed-for-ages-if-at-all/", "published_at": "2017-07-10T18:14:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2cabaa3c20b9", "title": "Q: Should there be limits on the number of times people can use foodbanks, or get help? Answer: No.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/07/q-should-there-be-limits-on-the-number-of-times-people-can-use-foodbanks-or-generally-get-help-answer-no/", "published_at": "2017-07-05T11:26:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2cabab1a671a", "title": "How can the DWP STILL leave people to “live” on a pittance? Will any of this ever change?", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/07/how-can-the-dwp-still-leave-people-to-live-on-a-pittance-will-any-of-this-ever-change/", "published_at": "2017-07-03T11:26:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2cababd69109", "title": "Here’s a woman explaining in detail problems she’s had getting council homelessness help. This system is garbage.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/06/heres-a-woman-explaining-in-detail-problems-shes-had-getting-council-homelessness-help-this-system-is-garbage/", "published_at": "2017-06-29T11:19:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2cabaca1c5e3", "title": "DHPs are a stopgap. They don’t fix the real housing problems. The whole system is wrecked", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/06/dhps-are-a-stopgap-they-dont-fix-the-real-housing-problems-the-whole-system-is-wrecked/", "published_at": "2017-06-25T13:02:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb7-8b92-70d8-9ebb-2cabacc6d733", "title": "If austerity really is over (ha), everyone must benefit. That includes people we’ve been told to hate.", "url": "https://www.katebelgrave.com/2017/06/if-austerity-really-is-over-ha-everyone-must-benefit-that-includes-people-weve-been-told-to-hate/", "published_at": "2017-06-20T10:36:27+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2019

I don’t go near the window because I might jump… How many people with serious mental health histories are in hostels like this?original ↗
11 Feb 2019
Families trying to make self-employment and Universal Credit work: “It’s a nightmare. We never get paid on time. I have to keep chasing the DWP to get paid.”original ↗
3 Feb 2019
Social services said: “we can provide a home for your daughter, but not you.” Homeless women live in fear of having their kids removedoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2019
DWP: we don’t want you studying or improving your life. We want you in low paid work foreveroriginal ↗
28 Jan 2019
The rush to throw sick or disabled people off ESA and force them onto Universal Credit goes on while the DWP talks bollocks about support…original ↗
21 Jan 2019
From May, pensioners will have to claim Universal Credit if they have a partner below pension ageoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2019
Amber Rudd’s fake Universal Credit newsoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2019
DWP: if you don’t close your ESA claim and move to Universal Credit, we’ll shut your ESA down anywayoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2019
DWP already chucks people off JSA and ESA and forces Universal Credit claims. So much for managed migrationoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2019

2018

Back soonoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2018
What will happen to my disabled child in austerity after I die? What happens to my adult child who has learning difficulties when I’m not around to advocate?original ↗
6 Dec 2018
Tories donating cans to foodbanks that people must use because of Tory welfare cuts. Do me a favour.original ↗
3 Dec 2018
Got a voluntary job – and then sacked from the voluntary job, because someone “better” came along… how unemployment rolls. More on #UniversalCredit…original ↗
26 Nov 2018
Why can’t Labour decide where the hell it is at on Universal Credit? Hello?original ↗
23 Nov 2018
#UniversalCredit rolls out in Stockport this week. Bloody battles loom over this disasteroriginal ↗
19 Nov 2018
Councils to vote on calling for halt to Universal Credit rollout. Better than nothing although not really.original ↗
14 Nov 2018
Universal Credit is not the only horror show in town. The entire benefits system is wrecked. I’ll show you.original ↗
12 Nov 2018
Back next week. A few thoughts on Universal Credit until then…original ↗
9 Nov 2018
At Oldham foodbank, Universal Credit is the biggest problem by milesoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2018
#UniversalCredit, sanctions, rent arrears, radiation therapy, 8 people living in one small flat…what the hell does this achieve?original ↗
22 Oct 2018
Worried about being moved to the same borough as your violent ex-partner’s family? Tough. Get going.original ↗
14 Oct 2018
Working for nothing, accused of fraud, sent on unchanging CV courses: owned by the DWP when you’re older and unemployedoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2018
Universal Credit, not allowed to use jobcentre phones to secure work, sent on a course called Changing Attitudes…original ↗
1 Oct 2018
Islington council: Dunno how many disabled people we have stuck in inaccessible flats or buildings they can’t get out of. Wouldn’t tell you anywayoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2018
Back at the end of Septemberoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2018
This disabled Islington woman is a prisoner in her inaccessible flat. How many others are stuck like this?original ↗
14 Aug 2018
Osteoarthritis, can’t walk up 4 flights to the flat – and no lift. How many disabled people are trapped like this?original ↗
3 Aug 2018
By me in Inside Housing: Breaking the silence: a council insider shines a light on the homelessness crisisoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2018
Newham council tries to deny a homeless woman the right to appeal a terrible housing decision. WHY?original ↗
26 Jul 2018
Benefit claimants without a past or history wanted. Really.original ↗
25 Jul 2018
Used and abused: inside a failed UK workfare scheme. Will Universal Credit claimants be pushed into schemes like this to make up labour shortfalls after Brexit?original ↗
18 Jul 2018
You can’t have this job because you’re too old. We also deduct £200 from wages because these jobs are apprenticeships. What.original ↗
6 Jul 2018
Newham council tells homeless mother to move to Birmingham. Council says friends and family are not essential to her welfareoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2018
When you’re older and unemployed, the DWP actively takes the piss. More interviews from the jobcentreoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2018
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5 Jun 2018
Don’t care if you have to pick your child up from school. You must attend the jobcentre so we can watch you apply for jobs you won’t getoriginal ↗
24 May 2018
All hail the DWP – actively making it near-impossible for people with no money to start or keep workoriginal ↗
16 May 2018
Mental health problems – but benefits sanctioned. In hospital with asthma – but benefits sanctioned. No money – but benefits sanctioned. ENOUGH.original ↗
14 May 2018
Behind the scenes with frontline service users in austerity: excerpts from interviews and covert videos and recordingsoriginal ↗
9 May 2018
Council officers told off by managers for deciding that homeless people should be helped. Wtf is going on here.original ↗
8 May 2018
Posting will be light over the next monthoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2018
“[MPs] don’t worry about money. They don’t worry about where the next electricity is coming from. You never see anyone like that knocking down at foodbank.” #UniversalCreditoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2018
Back after Easteroriginal ↗
25 Mar 2018
Ten week Universal Credit start delay, rent arrears as a result, advance loan repayments, tax credit debt…How debt is built into Universal Creditoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2018
When the stress of applying for disability benefits is dangerous to disabled people’s health…original ↗
12 Mar 2018
Let me tell you how useless councils are at answering questions about homelessness, intentional homelessness and threats to separate families. I give you Barking and Dagenham…original ↗
6 Mar 2018
Getting inside Universal Credit: callout to #UniversalCredit claimants in the Northwest and Northamptonshireoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2018
Waiting 3 months and more for #UniversalCredit for rent: “I was ringing the DWP in tears saying: ‘I’m really scared I’m going to lose the house’.”original ↗
27 Feb 2018
Does anybody actually work at the HMRC or the DWP anymore, or are we now just down to a couple of (useless) answering machines?original ↗
19 Feb 2018
Putting disabled people in flats with totally inaccessible upstairs toilets, giving pregnant women airbeds because there’s no furniture: more from the housing frontlineoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2018
Intentionally homeless with kids? Council will house the kids but not you – ie, you’ll be separated from them. The hell with this.original ↗
4 Feb 2018
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31 Jan 2018
A rise in the number of rough sleepers? Bet those shocking numbers don’t show the half of it. Look at these two guys.original ↗
25 Jan 2018
Forget #metoo celebs for 5 mins. Where’s the wall-to-wall mainstream outrage and coverage about the violence the austerity state visits on women?original ↗
23 Jan 2018
Schizophrenia, aged 55, #PIP payments stopped, forced to the foodbank – why are guys like Andrew called society’s leeches but rich Carillion bosses are not?original ↗
17 Jan 2018
How the DWP makes random deductions from #UniversalCredit accounts to “recover” tax credit debts people can’t afford to payoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2018

2017

64, homeless, sleeping on a couch that a “friend” charges money for…the Tories should rot in jail for all of thisoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2017
Back in the New Yearoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2017
“I got sanctioned nine months altogether – sanctioned, sanctioned, sanctioned.” And £2k rent arrears. No money for fares to work. More stories from the foodbankoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2017
Council contempt for homeless people, rotten temporary accommodation: why is this acceptable for people who are most in need?original ↗
13 Dec 2017
In a refuge, domestic violence, no Universal Credit money since October. This government is viciousoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2017
DWP to disabled woman with bone fractures: Don’t miss hospital appointments. To meet Universal Credit conditions, you must show you’re trying to get betteroriginal ↗
3 Dec 2017
“If you don’t pay your rent, we’re going to look at every penny you spend and see whether you’re intentionally homeless…” How contempt for homeless people really playsoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2017
Back soonoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2017
#UniversalCredit is based on a poisonous government loathing for people in poverty – and a genuine belief that people in poverty are lab ratsoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2017
There is and will be another kind of austerity death – the slow death through neglectoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2017
Some addicts can’t be “fixed” or “cured.” Provide hostels and wet houses for them. Lay off the sanctimonyoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2017
Is anyone getting information out of the DWP at the moment?original ↗
7 Nov 2017
“We’re cutting your benefit, but won’t say why. Get your arse to the jobcentre” – DWP to woman with serious mental health conditionoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2017
Of course we don’t inspect all flats we put homeless families in. No resources. Mould, broken boilers: we know temp housing is fouloriginal ↗
2 Nov 2017
Total of 40 minutes and more on hold to the DWP’s Universal Credit Debt Management lineoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2017
Why can’t/won’t the DWP send a #UniversalCredit claimant details of tax credit debt it is deducting?original ↗
27 Oct 2017
“I miss one bill [to] pay another.” Universal Credit and debt, debt, debt. More #foodbank interviewsoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2017
We housed a homeless family back in the flat they’d just been evicted from. Landlord decided he’d get more from a nightly letoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2017
Back soonoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2017
PIP helpline officer: You must speak to me on the phone even though you are deaforiginal ↗
16 Oct 2017
Redundancy, DWP debt deductions and shambolic DWP bureaucracy: more interviews from foodbanksoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2017
Learning/literacy difficulties & can’t use online Universal Credit? “Find a friend to help,” says DWP. This is direoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2017
Video: Learning and literacy difficulties and need to drop a sick note to the jobcentre? Too bad. You’re banned. Get outoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2017
Universal credit and tax credit debt collection… wtf is going on here. My godoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2017
So, Gauke – what about the many people who need Universal Credit, but can’t use computers or online systems at all?original ↗
3 Oct 2017
Universal Credit advance payments fix nothing. They’re just loans – and ANOTHER debt for people who have no moneyoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2017
Universal Credit: You must look for work in Colchester by calling Croydon jobcentre. #wtf #IAmLostHereoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2017
Universal Credit rollout put back a year in North Kensington (Grenfell area)original ↗
27 Sept 2017
Is there too much focus on student loans, credit cards and other “middle class” debt?original ↗
25 Sept 2017
How many damn times does the DWP need to assess unchanged disability?original ↗
21 Sept 2017
Why are we talking about student debt but not benefit debt?original ↗
18 Sept 2017
It’s disgusting that people most in need are excluded from help by useless benefits application systemsoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2017
Back in Septemberoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2017
Student debt dominates debate – but where’s the political sympathy for people crushed by council tax debt, DWP loans, rent arrears and sanctions debt?original ↗
27 Jul 2017
Why does it take the DWP so long to process sick notes? Why must people put up with such useless systems?original ↗
26 Jul 2017
You won’t get PIP because you failed to attend a face-to-face assessment you didn’t know about. What.original ↗
17 Jul 2017
Making people wait for PIP assessments and payments really is rubbishoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2017
People sent by councils out of London like this will be parked on benefits for life. Is that the actual aim.original ↗
12 Jul 2017
Why do people return and return to foodbanks? Because their benefit problems don’t get fixed for ages. If at all.original ↗
10 Jul 2017
Q: Should there be limits on the number of times people can use foodbanks, or get help? Answer: No.original ↗
5 Jul 2017
How can the DWP STILL leave people to “live” on a pittance? Will any of this ever change?original ↗
3 Jul 2017
Here’s a woman explaining in detail problems she’s had getting council homelessness help. This system is garbage.original ↗
29 Jun 2017
DHPs are a stopgap. They don’t fix the real housing problems. The whole system is wreckedoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2017
If austerity really is over (ha), everyone must benefit. That includes people we’ve been told to hate.original ↗
20 Jun 2017
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