Ian Duncan Smith has worked towards the destruction of the welfare state on more than one occasion.
The six week delay in getting first payments under Universal Credit is a prime example.
DWP Ministers won't accept responsibility for when the DWP gets things wrong, otherwise I expect they'd have got through the entire roster of backbench Tory MP's by now.Same with the Home Office.
As for Labour lifting the lid ? If they are determined to bring in Universal Basic Income, then lifting the lid on the chaos of the current system makes sense for them and if it paints the Tories in a bad light all the better political optics wise. The Question about Corbyn becoming PM is - Will he be as radical as Thatcher was in the 80's or coast along only tweaking things here and there.
I know they won't, but they should. And then perhaps there would be much tighter scrutiny of what goes on, and cases like the above wouldn't even come close to occurring.
If no-one takes responsibility, the issues will never be solved. And we are talking about life and death situations in some cases. Or at best, extreme injustice. Either way, neither is acceptable.
Upstairs eventually has to fall on it's sword if downstairs continues making horrific mistakes. Except it would seem at Westminster, where ministers live in their own little protected and entitled world.
The UK's social safety net has been "deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos"
Latest report commissioned by the UN.
BBC News article:
the cause was the government's "ideological" decision to dismantle the social safety net and focus on work as the solution to poverty.
I wish this was a surprise.
.... you wish .... I have my yearly assessment appointment in 13 days data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Good luck.
I assume most of you are familiar with the work of Ken Loach.
His film, "I Daniel Blake" was utterly brilliant, and Cannes are currently swooning over his latest, "Sorry We Missed You".
It's getting 5 star reviews all over the place, this is just the first I came across.
Sorry We Missed You review: Ken Loach makes everyday problems seem the stuff of epic drama
That's a genuine sad from me by the way, not like the ones the numpties on here like to dish out.
Hope all goes well.
They are epic dramas to those caught up in them.