People without enough money to pay for internet data are unable to check their scheduled Jobcentre appointments and are missing them, resulting in sanctions 🔴 SerinaSandhu1
get as a punishment for failing to meet all the commitments linked to receiving benefits, including attending appointments at the Jobcentre. Benefits might be reduced or stopped entirely., with sanctions making matters worse. On 13 December, SNP MP Chris Stephens will open a parliamentary debate on the Department for Work and Pensions policy on benefit sanctions.
She is affected by the benefits cap, which limits the money she receives, and the bedroom tax, which reduces the housing element of her benefits. She is also repaying an advance loan and a hardship payment, a loan given to people who are struggling financially after being sanctioned. It said: “By the time each was able to afford data, they had missed the appointment and been sanctioned.”
“We’ve got a basic subsistence benefit here in Universal Credit. If you’re then lopping off money, you really are pushing people into destitution.Mr Forsey reiterated calls for a “yellow card” system. If people fail to turn up to a Jobcentre appointment, rather than being sanctioned, they will be sent a written warning saying they will be expected at the next one.
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