Seen on reddit. Someone asked: "What happens after the welfare cuts? I feel this has not been thought through properly. There are currently over 1.6 million people actively looking for work, and around 736,000 jobs available."
Another redditor responded: "*I work in a job centre.
We are openly told by line managers there is no plan. The reforms will mean many people lose out directly (their PIP is cut), but also indirectly (carers of people with PIP are entitled to an additional rate on UC).
The main things we are being trained for is an increase in 6PP situations (suicidal claimants) and additional training on managing those with severe health conditions whilst on UC.
The Work Capability Assessment system is expected to totally collapse immediately after the reforms are implemented due to demand as people denied PIP scramble to get LCWRA classification.
Even the harshest people on my team see it as a disasterous act of cruelty, as someone put it “saying the quiet part out loud.”*
What is the government hoping will happen? There aren’t enough jobs already. Do they hope everyone just kills themselves? Or turns to crime like mugging and shoplifting?
No wonder the UK is the second most miserable country on earth: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/uk-is-officially-the-worlds-second-most-miserable-country-these-were-the-happiest-and-unhappiest-countries-of-2023/articleshow/108361220.cms?from=mdr
I wonder if a civil service revolt is possible. Just start rubber stamping LCWRA.
Our civil service is servile to the state. They offer the best pension rates in the country and relatively competitive pay, and stellar job security backed by some of the most powerful trade unions still operating.
Maybe if the govt goes after the services more; they’ve suggested cutting jobs etc. but so far seem to be aware that keeping the administrators of genocide placated is the most vital role of the modern british state.
so, in the US, the way the powers prevent civil servants from giving people money who don’t meet the latest bullshit requirements, but obviously need the money is that they make those people responsible for it in perpetuity.
so, when the system is scrutinized or audited in the future (and they always fully fund that side so everything is tripled checked), the government forcibly takes the money out of their account immediately and renders fines and penalties if their current balance won’t cover it. which of course incurs more fines from their bank, and basically cripples them from participating at all in the formal economy for years. it’s insanely punitive, so case workers are terrified of giving anyone anything extra.
also, if the case worker makes a good faith mistake and awards “too much” it’s the same thing: the client of the program gets obliterated.
it’s draconian and in sharp contrast to massive contracts for capital formations who just get the money and openly pocket it without hitting deliverables.
Sounds about right for this shit hole country but it’s not something I’ve heard before. Could you link a source?
You mean the civil servants have to pay the disabled person’s benefits out of their own money if they wrongly award it?
no, the disabled person does. and if it isn’t repaid immediately, they intercept/garnish any other income until it is. and I’d such an interception would create an “extreme hardship”, they will take less at a time but never waive what is owed. and that’s only if the person has the paperwork/proof of extreme hardship to make the appeal. meanwhile, they also disqualify one from receiving future assistance they do qualify for, until the overpayments are paid back.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499%2F0414%2FSections%2F0414.41.html
it’s an extremely punitive system for the person requesting assistance.
The beneficiary.