How the Tech-Driven Overhaul of the UK’s Social Security System Worsens Poverty
▻https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/09/29/automated-hardship/how-tech-driven-overhaul-uks-social-security-system-worsens
How the Tech-Driven Overhaul of the UK’s Social Security System Worsens Poverty “Janet R.,” 35, a single mother who works at a college student advice center in London, suddenly found herself on the verge of financial ruin. On January 31, 2020, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the United Kingdom’s ministry for social security, transferred her to a new benefits system known as Universal Credit. In early March, she received her first monthly payment. When she saw that it would only be (...)
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