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18 March 2020
PCS union demands better deal for benefits claimants
The government has announced new support for claimants who contract, or have to stay at home due to, Covid-19
12 February 2020
New BBC series - Insight or whitewash?
The BBC programme 'Universal Credit: inside the welfare state' is a series of three programmes on the highly criticised benefit system.
12 February 2020
Cesar Zanin, a part-time NHS worker living in temporary accommodation and bringing up a six-year-old daughter, didn't know where their next meal was coming from after the DWP stopped his Universal Credit without warning
4 September 2019
Austerity anger feeds movement for Welsh independence
In the second of our series of articles exploring Brexit and the 'national question' Dave Reid secretary of the Socialist Party in Wales examines the situation there.
31 July 2019
The Tories sold Universal Credit as a public money-saving scheme, combining several benefits into one. In reality the 'savings' were to come from reducing payouts.
17 July 2019
Fraudsters thrive and claimants suffer in despicable Universal Credit scam
Thousands of people on Universal Credit have been left up to £1,500 worse off following a criminal scam where fraudsters obtain personal details of vulnerable claimants.
26 June 2019
Universal Credit forces women into prostitution
A Tory minister has been forced to retract an official statement that there was no link between Universal Credit and people being pushed into to the sex trade to survive
5 June 2019
Universal Credit workers' strike
Benefit processing workers in Walsall and Wolverhampton have been leading the way in the fightback against Universal Credit.
22 May 2019
Short stories of workplace struggles including DWP and blood courier strikes and the NSSN conference.
22 May 2019
After a week of sunshine on Tyneside it was grizzly rain on Saturday 18 May. It was tempting to just call off our regular public sale of the Socialist and go for a coffee. Fortunately we didn't... and
1 May 2019
Universal Credit disaster behind foodbank rise
Universal Credit is being blamed for the record rise in the use of foodbanks as families required them to provide 14 million meals in the last 12 months.
1 May 2019
Build a universal safety net - abolish Universal Credit!
Thousands of Universal Credit claimants are not getting the money they are entitled to - and desperately need - without even knowing.
17 April 2019
Real life on Universal Credit: "As soon as I get billed for my electric, I'm finished"
Hi. I'm Luke. I live alone and I'm on Universal Credit.
3 April 2019
Cuts and chaos. Enough. General election now!
Pro-capitalist politicians are united in wanting to keep Corbyn out. They are afraid of the millions of working-class people who could be mobilised if they see the opportunity to fight for socialist change.
3 April 2019
End Tory cold cruelty: life under austerity in Merthyr
Scrap Universal Credit now: Merthyr has received a bad press as the "benefit capital of Britain". The Mirror newspaper pointed out the average male life expectancy on one of the estates is lower than Haiti's. But it's a friendly town.
27 March 2019
Universal Credit forces women into 'survival sex': scrap it now!
Growing numbers of welfare claimants impoverished by Universal Credit are forced into selling their bodies to pay for rent or feed their families
13 March 2019
Tories out. Scrap Universal Credit. Fight for living wages and welfare!
Universal Credit is hardly out of the news. The suffering and anxiety it has caused is immeasurable - so much so that even some Tory MPs have been forced to highlight problems with its implementation.
20 February 2019
Claimants and union slam Universal Credit
On 24 January, a public meeting by Haringey Against Universal Credit was attended by about 100 people.
20 February 2019
Universal Credit staff ballot for action
The possibility of strike action on 11-12 March is on the cards at Walsall and Wolverhampton Universal Credit service centres. The ballot finishes on 25 February.
13 February 2019
Universal Credit out - Tories out!
Corbyn should call on Labour councils to set no-cuts budgets now to protect working-class people from the effects of Universal Credit
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