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Universal credits - Court of Appeal rules against the governemnt

Universal Credit case finds government discriminated against thousands of disabled peopleThe government has suffered a humiliating court defeat and been found to have unlawfully discriminated against thousands of severely disabled benefit claimants.The Court of Appeal has today dismissed the government's appeals against two previous court judgements which found that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions had unlawfully discriminated against thousands of severely disabled people who were moved onto Universal Credit.https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/universal-credit-case-finds-government-17650146?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar&fbclid=IwAR3wqhPTLCmo3FATUlxpni8TBqKIX43TkOhtCNlgqJwbQhoIuEEuiGwE1C0

Ivonne Holliday ● 2476d4 Comments

I thought these news were worthy of a debate.  Obviously not!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2475d

Yes, Ivonne. It is worthy of discussion. The Universal Credit implementation has been disgraceful in many respects. Still, I assume anyone who voted Conservative supported this. If not  why vote for this government? 

Michael Ixer ● 2475d

Hello Michael,Thank you for your comment, greatly appreciated!I am not convinced that anybody who voted conservative supported this.  I still hear the words from Nick Clegg saying:  take it from me, they are ruthless! I am not a Lib-Dem follower but I liked Nick Clegg and his wife.I think the Universal Credit implementation was heartless as it was in equal measure misleading as it was, surprisingly, populist.No, I think the political parties have lost their way - calling an election on one matter was devious enough - giving a knighthood to the culprit is an offence.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2475d

Ivonne. The concept of a Universal Credit has some merits but not if the aim is just to try and cut benefits. Sorry, but perhaps some people were too blinkered by rhetoric such as "Brexit means Brexit" (whatever that meant) or more recently "let's make Brexit happen" without thinking what the aims of the Conservative right wing really were? Yes, the LibDems were complicit in letting the Conservatives start on a route to cut benefits with a subterfuge on just rationalising them; did the power granted by coalition make them so naïve? Still, the Conservatives now have a significant majority which means they can change the law to further cut benefits if they wish and gradually privatise elements of the NHS? Let's see what happens, perhaps Johnson will be more faithful to his promises to traditional Labour voters than he ever was to his marriage vows ... still he's achieved his ambition of being PM so why should he care about anything or anyone else? Sorry, perhaps I'm must being cynical ...

Michael Ixer ● 2475d