Universal credit earnings calculations unlawful, judge says

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Single mother lost up to £463 a month due to four-weekly pay cycle not fitting rules

A working single parent who was benefit-capped and left up to £463 a month worse off because of the “irrational” way universal credit calculated her monthly earnings has won a high court victory against the Department for Work and Pensions.in which the DWP’s guidelines for assessing universal credit earnings have been ruled unlawful – found the system was unreasonable and placed absurd conditions on benefit claimants who fell foul of it.

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day after day we see a new governmental failure day after bloody day ..when are you going to deal with them England ? the world is watching you fall lower and lower as each day passes your silence says it all .

The whole system has been a failure since its inception.

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