UK cuts and testimonies
JSA Sanction over a typo!
In January 2014, I was sanctioned on the spot because of a typo in my Universal Jobmatch account details - in fact it wasn’t …
Beyond a farce
When my partner went to do her assessment for Employment and support allowance what happened was nothing short of a farce.
She …
my employees will have to go
my direct payments are being cut by 80% I have been told to sack 2 of my personal assistants and cut every one else to a max of …
Chiswick Day Cenre
Amid protestations from local people, Hounslow Council have closed this essential facility and private developers are now …
NHS goes private
The NHS is being farmed out to the highest bidder , we will end up like America where you can die on the floor of A&E unless …
Blue badge renewal
After looking through my blue badge renewal i decided not to bother ,the sheer amount of personal & private information put …
Brownbin Con
Bracknell Forest Council duped people into taking ownership of brown bins a number of years ago under the premise that it was …
The harsh reality of using public transport to get to jobcentre signon in a wheelchair
The woman in this video is Angela Smith, who lives in Wembley. Angela worked for about 20 years and was laid off from her most …
I need a hardship loan because my wages don’t cover my rent
Gio, 19. At the Kilburn jobcentre to get forms to apply for a hardship loan
“My rent is £1250 a month. I’m working …
Did my jobsearch in front of them. Still got sanctioned
Ravi, aged 22. Trying to sort out a sanction at the Kilburn jobcentre.
“I have to come here every week. One week is to just …
I’m 62 and they threaten me with sanctions
“I worked in the voluntary sector and was made redundant last August, because of cuts.
“Some of us in our previous lives …
JSA: they threatened sanctions because they couldn’t read my handwriting
Testimony from Bruce (name changed), a support workers in his 40s. He was furious because he’d actually found himself a job …
JSA supplements low paid part time work but now I’ve been signed off
This is testimony with Amy (named changed), who is 19, working part-time and had just been signed off JSA. She lives in …
Low paid work to benefits to low paid work to benefits….
Testimony from Noreen, in her late 40s. Has been out of work for about 18 months, with a spell of short-term work over …
tax credit cuts
I live with my partner, our two kids (3 & 6) and my niece, whom i’m the legal guardian of, in a 1 bedroom flat. The council …
They told me to borrow money from friends when they sanctioned me
Andy, in his 50s. Works as a painter and decorator. Has to sign on when work dries up:
I was sanctioned. They stopped my money …
They sanctioned me. My MP had to sort it out.
Davy, in his 30s and a commis chef:
They sanctioned me. It was meant to be for a month, but it was only for two weeks, …
I’m 60 and I’m on JSA. It’s £142 a fortnight to live on.
I am Dan and I am 60. I am on JSA. What chance do I have. You have all these people, aged 22 and 23 and they can’t find a job. …
How many more deaths will be enough?
When I first started asking that,the response was “don’t be ridiculous”!yet each month as this vile piece of Political …
We’re young mothers and we can’t find secure housing for us and our kids
We live at the Focus E15 hostel for young mothers and babies in Newham. There are also young people there who don’t have …
Dumbest sanction
My Jobcentre advisor couldn’t see my information in the Universal Jobmatch website. I am sanctioned.
Is there any jobcentre …
My name is Jim. I lost my business in the recession. I’m 56.
“It’s been hard. I used to have my own signmaking company and I lost it because of the [change in the economic] climate. …
I’m 60 and on JSA. I live in fear of sanctions
Susan Roberts, Stroud. On JSA. Interview and recording made at lunch at the Marah drop-in centre in Stroud:
“I’m 60. My …
#JSA sanctions and Tory Britain today – A mum speaks out
From Joe Halewood: http://speye.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/sanctions-and-tory-britain-today-a-mum-speaks-out/
My son was very …
WORK PROGRAM SANCTIONS
58 year old woman who has worked since age of 15, but now unfortunately unemployed for last 2-3 years.
On Govt Work Program in …
Aged 60, on JSA and regularly sanctioned
My name is John, I am 60 and I live in Stroud. I trained as an engineer after leaving school and had worked long-term in …
Homeless, fighting drug addiction and for somewhere to live
My name is Dean and I live in Stroud. I have been a long-time heroin addict. I recently walked from Cheltenham to Stroud to …
I have to cut my food budget to pay council tax
My name is Claire and I am on employment and support allowance. I live in Leeds. I have a teenage daughter who is living at …
They’re reviewing day centres.
We are providing day care to people with wide range of disabilities concentrating on people’s cultural and religious needs. …
Austerity things must change
We all know someone who lost there job and had to go on benefits, we all know someone with a disability and need benefits.
Most …
