Under in-work conditionality, those people claiming Universal Credit who are already working up to 35 hours a week – and who may never have been unemployed in their life – are forced to seek more work hours, higher pay, oran extra job as a condition of receiving low-wage top-ups and other benefits, or else face sanctions.
Low-paid workers put through this process report “dehumanising” and “intimidating” experiences. Following years of government rhetoric about prizing “hardworking people”, suddenly many hard working people have found themselves subject to the same sanctions as out-of-work claimants.
The punishment is one of three she has received, which she says have left her and her partner on the breadline for a year.
The couple were forced…
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