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Happy New Year Everyone. Let’s make a wish - the end of Universal Credit and the end of this government and the end of their callous, cruel and sadistic campaigns towards the unemployed and the disabled. The end of ESA and PIP's medical testing and t...

A technical issue in the benefits computer system means some Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) customers will receive weekly payments instead of their normal fortnightly payments.  This affects customers due a fortnightly payment on 8, 9, 1...

According to the Metro newspaper, a man who has worked his whole life a claims he was denied Universal Credit because he wasn’t a UK citizen – after he spent two years living in Spain. Former train manager Matthew Stockall, 38, returned from Benidorm...

On Wednesday 2 January 2019, as our rail fares rise again by 3.1%, Organisations  We Own It, the Association of British Commuters and NOR4NOR to organise the Rail Revolution: National Day of Action are cal...

The Bishop of Manchester has warned of 'unparalleled' levels of homelessness in the city as a result of welfare cuts.  The Bishop thas said that welfare provision had been 'torn apart' by the cuts as he accused the Government of taking its...

A Citizens Advice branch which serves the Thetford area has been awarded funding for a pilot project to support Universal Credit claimants. Citizens Advice Diss, Thetford & District is one of 14 branches in the country and the only one in East An...

Simon Collyer, ABC founder is busy doing battle with the DWP. The Universal Credit (UC) online account in the Payments section has this statement: YOUR PAYMENT IS BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE TOLD US AND COVERS THE PERIOD BETWEEN...... This is NOT true. Univ...

The Guardian have pointed out that Simon Burns, the minister responsible for rail, had been travelling to and from work from Chelmsford in a government car at a cost of £400 a day. Burns claimed this was because he was not allowed to read sensitive p...

Figures revealed under Freedom of Information show that bars and restaurants in the House of Lords sold 369 bottles of own-label champagne in 2017/18, with the luxury alcohol selling for £43 a bottle.  The House of Lords also sold 292 bottles of...

While benefit claimants visit Foodbanks over Christmas....     Image: The Rt Hon Amber Rudd, DWP minister.  DWP minister Amber Rudd and was spotted having tea with actress Keeley Hawes, having tea together at The Wolseley. Te...