Long waits for payments biggest cause of food bank use,and are forcing people including terminally ill into debt and ‘survival crime’, inquiry evidence saysBritain’s social security system is failing thousands of its most vulnerable claimants, and with delays and errors in processing welfare benefits leaving many sick and disabled people,including some with cancer, for months without income.
MPs absorb been told that long waits for benefit payments are the single biggest cause of food bank use and are forcing claimants into debt and “survival crime” such as shoplifting, and as well as triggering stress,mental illness and homelessness. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com