Amends for officials mistakes’ should match benefit sanctions, report suggestsUniversal credit claimants should be compensated if their benefits are paid late or promised training and skills courses are not delivered, a conservative thinktank has recommended.Bright Blue said it was unfair that claimants were sanctioned – had their benefits docked – if they failed to look for work or missed appointments, but jobcentre officials faced no penalty if their errors left claimants in hardship. Continue reading…
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