He’s a Tory in red, a hostile stance re: benefits was always going to happen.
pajamakitten on
Benefit fraud is real but such a small problem compared to what the media has people believe. Most people do not want to be in benefits and the idea that people are all taking the system is so 2012. We would be better off making it so that work pays well enough that people do not need working tax credits to top up wages or scrapping the triple lock pension if we want to reduce our benefits bill.
pikantnasuka on
It *will*. Sophisticated organiser fraudsters aren’t caught out by these sorts of measures, but confused and vulnerable people are generally harmed by them.
Serious-Mechanic-225 on
I’m currently dealing with this claiming lowest amount of UC they’ve requested I give them 4 months of statements for all my banking accounts.
since June I have been telling them Nationwide who I bank with dont give PDF statements for my old savings account but they simply can’t proceed with my assesment without it so it’s like a weird stalemate
I havent got anything to hide but it gets very annoying telling them the same thing and then having to send photograph of printed out bank statements only to be told they still can’t accept it.
I’m literally on my second agent now asking for this “to make sure I’m getting the right amount of benefits” I’m getting the least you can give me guys how much is this assessment costing months down the line?
KoDa6562 on
No hang the fuck on a minute, did we all forget about those Bulgarians that managed to claim £5 million from DWP and didn’t even live in the country? This seems to be an important issue
I applied for child benefit in June and not heard anything yet they probably expect that people will forget and not claim.
Numerous_Ticket_7628 on
Next they’ll be coming for the mentally ill claiming there’s “nothing wrong” with them. Sickening from a Labour government, absolutely vile.
Minimum-Geologist-58 on
I don’t see the automatic huge, screaming level of concern some people seem to here. I can see a very simple way to deal with overpayments, whether due to fraud or error: correct them and only pay what you owe in future. That’s what every other business and individual in the land would do – only pay what you owe.
Then you get very serious fraud that would need to be investigated but I bet you could do the former and save a few billion (overpayments cost £8bn net of underpayments) and so much of it will be £10 quid due to ticking the wrong box that most people will just think “hmm benefits seem a little light” and think no more about it.
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He’s a Tory in red, a hostile stance re: benefits was always going to happen.
Benefit fraud is real but such a small problem compared to what the media has people believe. Most people do not want to be in benefits and the idea that people are all taking the system is so 2012. We would be better off making it so that work pays well enough that people do not need working tax credits to top up wages or scrapping the triple lock pension if we want to reduce our benefits bill.
It *will*. Sophisticated organiser fraudsters aren’t caught out by these sorts of measures, but confused and vulnerable people are generally harmed by them.
I’m currently dealing with this claiming lowest amount of UC they’ve requested I give them 4 months of statements for all my banking accounts.
since June I have been telling them Nationwide who I bank with dont give PDF statements for my old savings account but they simply can’t proceed with my assesment without it so it’s like a weird stalemate
I havent got anything to hide but it gets very annoying telling them the same thing and then having to send photograph of printed out bank statements only to be told they still can’t accept it.
I’m literally on my second agent now asking for this “to make sure I’m getting the right amount of benefits” I’m getting the least you can give me guys how much is this assessment costing months down the line?
No hang the fuck on a minute, did we all forget about those Bulgarians that managed to claim £5 million from DWP and didn’t even live in the country? This seems to be an important issue
Edit: it was £50 million and it was recent.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/10/bulgarian-gang-benefit-fraud-biggest-britain-50-million/
I applied for child benefit in June and not heard anything yet they probably expect that people will forget and not claim.
Next they’ll be coming for the mentally ill claiming there’s “nothing wrong” with them. Sickening from a Labour government, absolutely vile.
I don’t see the automatic huge, screaming level of concern some people seem to here. I can see a very simple way to deal with overpayments, whether due to fraud or error: correct them and only pay what you owe in future. That’s what every other business and individual in the land would do – only pay what you owe.
Then you get very serious fraud that would need to be investigated but I bet you could do the former and save a few billion (overpayments cost £8bn net of underpayments) and so much of it will be £10 quid due to ticking the wrong box that most people will just think “hmm benefits seem a little light” and think no more about it.