#UCfail

Mike Sivier

@midwalesmike.bsky.social

8 months ago

Universal Credit delay leaves me overdrawn Eight days without payment. No rent. Now I’m overdrawn. Universal Credit finally being paid — but the damage is done. Here's what it cost.

A missing payment from Universal Credit — and a bank account tipped into the red.
They’ve paid now. But this isn’t how support is supposed to work.
📖 Read the full follow-up: voxpoliticalonline.com?p=98635
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#UniversalCredit #DWP #WelfareSystem #VoxPolitical #UCfail

Mike Sivier

@midwalesmike.bsky.social

8 months ago

Universal Credit delay leaves me overdrawn Eight days without payment. No rent. Now I’m overdrawn. Universal Credit finally being paid — but the damage is done. Here's what it cost.

Ever had that moment when you check your bank account and nothing’s there?
I waited 8 days for a payment UC should have made on time — and ended up overdrawn.
📖 Here’s what it cost: voxpoliticalonline.com?p=98635
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#UCfail #DWP #UniversalCredit #UKPolitics #IndependentMedia

Mike Sivier

@midwalesmike.bsky.social

8 months ago

Universal Credit delay leaves me overdrawn Eight days without payment. No rent. Now I’m overdrawn. Universal Credit finally being paid — but the damage is done. Here's what it cost.

If this is how Universal Credit supports people trying to build something, it’s no wonder the system keeps breaking us.
📖 Read: voxpoliticalonline.com?p=98635
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#UniversalCredit #DWP #UCfail #SupportJournalism #VoxPolitical

Mike Sivier

@midwalesmike.bsky.social

8 months ago

Universal Credit delay leaves me overdrawn Eight days without payment. No rent. Now I’m overdrawn. Universal Credit finally being paid — but the damage is done. Here's what it cost.

Eight days without pay. Rent unpaid. Bank account overdrawn.
Universal Credit finally paid up — but the damage was already done.
📖 Read: voxpoliticalonline.com?p=98635
☕ ko-fi.com/voxpolitical
#UniversalCredit #DWP #UCfail #SupportIndependentMedia

boycat

@boycatapp.bsky.social

11 months ago

This is a direct attack on free speech, student power, and Palestine solidarity.
Universities are cracking down — we have to push back.
#UCFail #FreePalestine #BoycottIsrael #BDSworks #BoycatJustice