A protest by claimants and supporters won a victory for the rights of sick and disabled claimants at High Riggs jobcentre on 30 October. Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty had called for protest against illegal DWP demands that ESA claimants migrating to Universal Credit provide a “Fit Note” and go through a Work Capability Assessment. At…Read moreRead more
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Victory for sick and disabled claimants rights
CALL TO ACTION
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
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
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