Today is the day where LCWRA is almost halved for most new claimants

SheffieldMan1976

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1116209#Comment_1116209

According to some people unfortunately, they don't see the big picture, they only see yet another person claiming benefits at the "expense" of their precious taxes.

Catherine21

So the scc lwcra for uc is you would have to meet one of the lwcra descriptors contuiniosly ? God my spelling bad so are the lwcra forms still the same as before or have they been changed

Catherine21

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1116218#Comment_1116218

Mind you im saying this timms review could change everything

MissMarple

I'm sorry it was hard for you when you were young @SoapySoutar I don't think anyone should have to put up with being shouted at work or being treated unfairly . We should aim at changing these practices, not normalising them. The council house you described sounds rough, and again, I'm sorry to hear that you had to live in a place like that. Sounds like you worked very hard to improve your life.

Things should have gotten easier for young people over the last decades, but instead they got worse. It's almost impossible to get a council house nowadays, one waits for years, even when they are on the priority list. If you are on low income, private rent is not 1/3 of your wages, more like 50-60%. And it keeps rising. I think when you are young and healthy but sit at home instead of working, that shows a deep level of hopelessness. No one chooses to sit around, watching their life go by unless they are depressed, have addiction issues etc. That's not something they chose or can just pull themselves out of without support and a plan. These young people are still a minority though. The majority who are unemployed are either too ill to work or simply can't find a job. 

MissMarple

It looks like I couldn't tag you @SoapySoutar in my comment