WED 30th OCT! 3PM – 5PM HIGH RIGGS JOBCENTRE! Currently, due to past decisions made under The Tory government, all claimants are being transferred from “legacy benefits” like Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to Universal Credit. According to law the vast majority of ESA claimants keep their ‘not fit for work status’ while being transferred…Read moreRead more
CALL TO ACTION
DWP are breaking the law!
Edinburgh’s High Riggs and Leith jobcentres are breaking benefits law! They are flouting “Transitional protection” provisions for disabled and sick claimants on Employment and Support Allowance. All claimants are being transferred from “legacy benefits” like Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to Universal Credit. By law ESA claimants keep their “not fit for work” status and…Read moreRead more
Victory for claimants’ rights in Oxford
The fight for the right to be accompanied Comrades in Oxford have sent us this account of their struggle with a local Jobcentre to uphold the right of claimants to be accompanied to interview. Their determination and persistence was strengthened by the fact that they knew ECAP had gone through the same experience in Edinburgh,…Read moreRead more
Holiday break for ECAP Tuesday support sessions
As usual the volunteers who staff the ECAP weekly support sessions will be taking a break between Xmas and the New Year. Our last support session of the year will be Tuesday 19th December and the sessions start again on 9th January 2024, and will continue to run every Tuesday. If you need support for…Read moreRead more
More part-time workers under threat of sanctions
Repeated changes to Universal Credit over the last year have put hundreds of thousands more low-paid part-time workers at risk of being sanctioned. UNITE estimate that if the latest planned changes go through then a million low paid workers will be in danger of having their Universal Credit sanctioned . ECAP has been contacted by…Read moreRead more