It would appear that the DWP are in trouble yet again

brianwoods

Do

calcotti

Yes, contrary to government policy, SoS has stubbornly refused to publish a reported DWP commissioned (which all taxpayers have therefore helped to pay for) and the Committee has exercised its power to demand a copy with the intention of publishing it themselves. Whether or not it will actually tell us anything useful is another matter.
Full link to what you have screen grabbed is here
Work and Pensions Committee to use parliamentary powers to publish report after DWP’s refusal - Committees - UK Parliament

brianwoods

brianwoods

@calcotti.
I would actually agree with your last statement.
The last time the DWP were investigated was 2018 I think ?
Obviously nothing good came from it as the DWP are still continuing to act as if nothing happened.

brianwoods

brianwoods

The above survey has not been closed as of yet ,I'm not sure if doing the survey at this late stage would help ?
But it might make more people take notice as the DWP appears to want it swept under the carpet.

brianwoods

@calcotti.
I'm not sure how to add Web links as I'm a newcomer to this site.
Thank you for the assist.

Tori_Scope

Assuming you're using a mobile, do you know how to copy links when you're using a browser on your mobile device @brianwoods? 

If so, then you should just be able to paste that straight onto the community. On my phone, I can do this by holding my finger down in the text box, and then selecting 'paste'

calcotti

And this
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/21/uk-government-bill-welfare-discrimination-universal-credit
and this
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/21/uk-state-pension-systems-not-fit-for-purpose-mps-report

brianwoods

@Tori_Scope,
Yes to the mobile as I can't really use a mouse as it occasionally goes in the wrong direction accidentally "shaky hands" thank you for the tip

brianwoods

@calcotti
Pleased to get the links,very unhappy when I looked them up!!!
What the heck is going  on ? I was under the impression that the DWP works for the UK Government who in turn is supposed to look after the best interests of the country and its people and not treat people like s##t .
Mind you saying that when I was a serving soldier way way back I left the military with PTSD and lifelong depression!! Didn't get much help then so I should of expected this.

brianwoods

I am wondering what .Gov is doing with all the money they are saving ??
It's either paying for the covid outbreak which they "allowed" to spread across the U.k or they have another war going on to pay for ??? 
And no I'm not a political animal just seen this sort of thing going on for to long  and nobody appears to be doing much about it ? 

brianwoods

Hmmm I have just read that the UK has a deficit of £323 billion !! 
So presumably people who claim any kind of state benefit are getting hit over the head with a really big stick 
to cover the shortfall ?

calcotti

And there is this
https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/dwp-esa

brianwoods

@woodbine.
Glad you wrote it that way  
Way to many zero's for my liking.

brianwoods

@calcotti.
Demonstrating how to get your point across without saying a lot.
Really well done 👏 
Shame I cannot say the same about the performance of those in Government.
And shame on them for doing thing's this way.