The government’s so-called National ‘Living Wage’ (NLW) is anything but, as new research shows families with two parents working full-time on the statutory minimum will not earn enough to support…Read more…
Blog: Universal Credit is creating chaos in family finances
People are suddenly finding that their Universal Credit payments either stop completely or fall dramatically simply because of the way they are paid. What’s more they can lose hundreds of…Read more…
UNISON responds to CPAG report on Universal Credit failings
Dave Prentis comments on a report from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) into Universal Credit failings.
The article UNISON responds to CPAG report on Universal Credit failings first appeared on…Read more…
Stop Universal Credit call
Thousands of disabled people on Universal Credit could be paid damages after two severely disabled men who were treated unlawfully while receiving the benefit received compensation. Following…Read more…
‘Fundamentally broken’
The Universal Credit IT system is “broken” and causing hardship for thousands of claimants, according to whistleblowers. Service centre workers have spoken about faults in the “cobbled…Read more…
‘It simply doesn’t work’
Universal Credit – the government’s flagship welfare reform rolling six benefits into one – was today (June 15) slated by a government watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) published a new…Read more…
Destitution by govt design
More than 1.5m people in Britain are living in destitution, shocking new figures show.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) analysis led to a call from Unite for the government to tackle severe…Read more…
Stop UC protest
Unite Community activists today (May 24) took part in a national day of action to stop Universal Credit (UC). In the video below, UNITElive speaks to members outside Parliament about why they took…Read more…
‘Hostile environment’
When the new benefits sanctions regime was first introduced in 2012, prime minister David Cameron’s Conservative government proudly declared it was ending the so-called “something for nothing…Read more…
‘It cannot be right’
Thousands of people on Universal Credit (UC) – who are already struggling on low incomes – face having their entitlements slashed because of the government’s own errors. The Department of Work…Read more…
UNISON Greater London Labour Regional Committee AGM 2018 (& Supporting free school meals!)
Today I was re-elected unopposed as the Chair of the UNISON political fund in London that supports the Labour Party for a 2 year term.
I was really pleased that long standing Committee member Yvonne Green was elected as the Vice Chair.
Yvonne is also…Read more…
Help a million children get the free school meals they need
UNISON backs Children’s Society campaign against changes to free school meal eligibility in England which could stop up to one million children qualifying
The article Help a million children get the…Read more…
Are you receiving universal credit? Have your say
UNISON is looking for people who are on the national minimum wage – currently £7.50 an hour – and who also get universal credit
The article Are you receiving universal credit? Have your say first…Read more…
‘Complete disarray’
More evidence of the chaotic introduction of the all-in-one benefit Universal Credit (UC) emerged last week, after a key part of the new system was taken offline. The ‘live service’ part of UC…Read more…
Lonely this Christmas
A campaign set up to commemorate Labour MP Jo Cox has called for a new welfare system to help tackle the “social epidemic” of loneliness. In a timely reminder that not everyone will be spend…Read more…
‘Families will go hungry’
“Small businesses are the backbone of the UK,” prime minister Theresa May said just over a year ago. But she failed to reveal just how broken this backbone would be under government plans for…Read more…
Blog: Why our union is fighting the “two-child limit”
This is one of the most dreadful ideas I have ever heard from this government. It would be far better and far more preferable to scrap the two-child limit altogether. UNISON’s campaign will continue…Read more…
‘National scandal’
The UK is backsliding on progress in the fight against poverty, with hundreds of thousands more pensioners and children suffering compared to four years ago. A report from the Joseph Rowntree…Read more…
Fix UC now protests
Unite Community activists were out in force across the country this Saturday (December 2), demanding the Tories halt Universal Credit before it ruins Christmas for thousands of people. …Read more…
Unite says no to UC Xmas pain
On Saturday (December 2) Unite and Unite Community members took to the streets in towns and cities across the UK, protesting against the inhuman injustice of Universal Credit. Below we have a…Read more…