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Is anybody able to help? I want to take legal action against the DWP.

Long story short. I applied for the LCW element of UC in early 2018. As a vulnerable,disabled.adult who has been signed off as unfit too work by my GP. It is now August and I am still receiving the standard payment minus deductions approx £60 PW. I tried to do the right thing and returned to full time work against doctor's advice and came off ESA (which I was receiving a disability premium which I have lost under UC) Unfortunately, after 3 weeks my health declined and I had to leave my job and sign back on. They would not allow me to make a rapid reclaim to ESA and told me I must go on UC. I have spoken to every person you can imagine and the DWP are still dragging their feet saying one department has my information then it is with the decision maker and round and round they go with no answer as to when a decision on my claim will be made . I have received a "Notice of Possession " on my property ,can not pay daily living costs and visit my food bank weekly. My health has declined . I have been in Hospital overnight through stress and anxiety . I am in debt . It is not that I do not want to pay I can not. On ESA I was still on a low income but my income on UC has been cut to a third of what it was. On ESA I managed just about. I have no where to turn can any one other any advice please.
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Good Evening & Welcome.
I’m very very sorry to hear about your current problems/s.
I would suggest that we forward your post onto one of our “Benefit Advisors”
They are best placed to offer you there expert take on things if that would help ???
Please please let me know how you feel & I will put the wheels in motion !!!!!!
I feel I have done everything I can and am getting no where . Any help would be appreciated so yes please.
I will make an appointment in the morning for a sit down with the C.A.B.
Thanks again for the kind advice.
I have been dealing with the DWP myself while out of work due to a large corrective operation. I was signed off for 6-8 months by the team looking after me and gave all evidence concerning the issue to the DWP. I was sent for an assessment and have since learned that the assessor had repeatedly lied and had made assumptions on the assessment.
This is a breach of the Nurses Code of Conduct, is a dismiss-able offence and can be considered fraud in some cases.
This is a gross neglect of anybody in a situation like many are by the DWP and this needs to change.
I have been in contact with a reporter from a nation news channel who is collecting stories like yours and mine to make a detailed report on what is happening to people like you that need help.
These companies that run the assessments are a profit based company working for the DWP, this is what your tax money has been paying for.
If you would like to tell your sorry I can forward you on to this reporter so she can gather information so we can stop this from happening.
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I am just someone, like you, who has witnessed first hand the state of the DWP and has decided to join the fight.
Please get in contact, the more stories we have the more chance we have to fight this.
Good luck
Alex
That's brilliant.
Thank you for the support on this. If you do feel unfairly treated by an assessor then I urge you to write up your report as you thought it was and compare it to the points on the NMC Code below
https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/nmc-code.pdf
If you find that a single point has been broken then please report it to the NMC and make note in your journal to update the DWP on what is going on. I found this makes them move a little quicker when making decisions.
I will help where I can but I am just a normal guy fighting his own case but will happily discuss my experiences.
Best
Alex
This is not a personal account, this is made just for the reasons stated, to collect stories.
Surely this would be ok considering what this is for?
If I am not allowed to post the email address, where can I put a point of contact on here for this reason?
Thanks
Alex
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