Welfare and Rights Advisor for @cftrust. Views expressed are mine and do not reflect the views of my employer. Raised in Croydon, and studied in Cardiff.
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ALT Alt text: Screenshot of a Times news article titled “One million more claim universal credit without need to look for job.” The subheading reads, “Number claiming Britain’s main out-of-work benefit reaches record high of 8.3 million — almost half of whom are not required to seek work.” The article notes that the total number of Universal Credit claimants has risen from 7.2 million to 8.3 million in the past year. Above the text is an image showing a phone screen displaying “Universal Credit – Sign in to your account” alongside a person holding a purse and inserting a coin. The tone of the headline suggests a behavioural issue rather than an administrative migration of claimants.
ALT Photo of Darren- A man with long, wavy hair and a long beard is holding a handwritten sign in a domestic kitchen setting. He has a serious expression and is wearing a black hoodie with drawstrings. The sign reads: "DON'T CUT MY BENEFITS #TAXTHERICH" in bold, black letters on a white piece of paper.
ALT "With living standards for the poorest under continuing assault, the government needs to protect people from harm with the same zeal as it attempts to build its reputation for fiscal competence", JRF's Chief Executive, Paul Kissack, says in response to the Spring Statement.
ALT “This is the time to highlight that there are so many people struggling with this and we can’t be forgotten about,” he adds. “We’re very invisible as a group because a lot of us are housebound…We can’t be out on the streets with placards campaigning, it’s very difficult to raise our voice. We have to do what we can do with the little energy we have to say to government you must invest in research to find treatments.”
