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DWP abandoning the idea of giving claimants a chance to challenge a sanction

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Post by Admin Tue May 22, 2018 9:49 am

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has quietly scrapped a proposed scheme that would have made it easier for claimants to challenge sanctions. Its reasoning for shelving the plans is unsurprising: it basically said it would be too much hassle for the department to operate.
Stopping sanctions before they begin

The DWP has been trialling a so-called “yellow card” scheme for Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants to challenge decisions which sanction their benefits. When it originally announced it in October 2015, the government had said the scheme was to give:

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2018/05/21/the-dwp-has-just-stuck-two-fingers-up-at-thousands-upon-thousands-of-claimants/
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