Welfare Reform

Upsidedown_Bear

Poverty In Britain:

https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/524ecfefe4b0f459d922d1cb

Depth_Charge

Hi

They seem to be having issues with the IT and few other things on the Universal Credit front (millions and millions of them)..

The linked video's are worth a look - Margaret voices her views ( I like her)

IDS seems to have gone a little quiet maybe!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24839358

My views

Growurown

Depth_Charge wrote: »

They seem to be having issues with the IT and few other things on the Universal Credit front (millions and millions of them)..

Yes I saw that too. I hope they get it sorted because I actually think UC will be a better system and will help to make work pay. It will get rid of things like the 16 hour rule and other similar barriers which seems to discourage people from doing more hours. Although I do see lots of problems around monthly payments and paying rent directly to the claimant.

Depth_Charge

Growurown wrote: »

Yes I saw that too. I hope they get it sorted because I actually think UC will be a better system and will help to make work pay. It will get rid of things like the 16 hour rule and other similar barriers which seems to discourage people from doing more hours. Although I do see lots of problems around monthly payments and paying rent directly to the claimant.

Hi

Yes, I can see where you are coming from

Listening to the Margaret Hodge video, she makes a lot of sense in my opinion.

Expensive IT write offs by the sound of things, what is going on?

My opinions

antonic

I`m a serving Civil Servant (not naming which department) and have read the PAC report about UC.

Its not good reading for IDS with the low points being

1) Contracts being signed by people which were well in excess of their spending limit

2) Even by concentrating on the alleged cases (single claims with no dependents) the system struggled to cope with approx 2,500 cases and worst of all

3) The security of the system itself is woeful.

This is the same as most other Government IT projects - oh and for those who read the Times, yesterday the Times had a front page article saying that IDS was trying to get the Tory members of the PAC to lay all the blame on the Civil Servant who runs the DWP and to exonerate him and his ministers.

thewhiteavenger

The full PAC report is here

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/619/61902.htm

Shovel_Lad

Looks like houses are going to be demolished because of the "bedroom tax".

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/10/bedrooom-tax-affordable-homes-face-demolition

Depth_Charge

Hi

A somewhat puzzling press article (too me anyway)

No mention of arrears, associated debt and other problems then, is there??

Oh, maybe everything is OK.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/housing-benefit-data-published-on-reforms-to-restore-fairness

Meanwhile, back in the real world??

My opinions

Growurown

Depth_Charge wrote: »

Hi

A somewhat puzzling press article (too me anyway)

No mention of arrears, associated debt and other problems then, is there??

Oh, maybe everything is OK.

Yes it's strange there isn't any mention of the problems tenants are having finding this money.

seven-day-weekend

Shovel_Lad wrote: »

Looks like houses are going to be demolished because of the "bedroom tax".

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/10/bedrooom-tax-affordable-homes-face-demolition

Why can't three single people share them? That seems the obvious solution to me.Two solutions in fact, because most single people can't get social housing and will have to share in the private sector.