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   Simon Johnson (simon318ppm@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 07:52:09 JST Simon Johnson

   “Those unable to work at all receive an extra £416 a month….

   [T]he higher level of support has continued to increase during a long period in which basic benefits were frozen. Ministers believe that these two factors have driven more people into the group not working at all…”

   If that’s the case, ministers lack a basic understanding of how Universal Credit works. Claimants don’t chose to be in “the group not working at all”, but are categorised by DWP decision makers

   https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/08/labour-planning-radical-overhaul-of-benefit-system-as-rising-numbers-deemed-unfit-to-work

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     botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 07:52:09 JST botvolution

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     @Simon318ppm they'll never get my vote again. Fuck them.