The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is taking litigation in the UK related to the universal credit system administered by the UK Department for Work and Pensions. Universal credit is a monthly payment to help with living costs for those on a low income or out of work. This is now a largely digital and automated system. CPAG argue that the automation of the system has created new problems that have led to payments being delayed, amounts unfairly reduced or claimants not getting their full legal entitlement.
CPAG are working with their networks of welfare rights advisors and frontline organisations to support claimants on a number of cases related to the claims process and the awards/decisions process for the universal credit system.
Injustice due to digitalisation of means tested welfare benefits
Organisation Name
Child Poverty Action Group
Country/Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Thematic Area
Human rights standards in the use and design of technology
Current Status
Ongoing
Grant type
Litigation Track Support
Description
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is taking litigation in the UK related to the universal credit system administered by the UK Department for Work and Pensions. Universal credit is a monthly payment to help with living costs for those on a low income or out of work. This is now a largely digital and automated system. CPAG argue that the automation of the system has created new problems that have led to payments being delayed, amounts unfairly reduced or claimants not getting their full legal entitlement.
CPAG are working with their networks of welfare rights advisors and frontline organisations to support claimants on a number of cases related to the claims process and the awards/decisions process for the universal credit system.
"the automation of the system has created new problems that have led to payments being delayed, amounts unfairly reduced or claimants not getting their full legal entitlement"
Strategic Goal
To ensure that the digital universal credit system in the UK operates lawfully and that specific universal credit legal requirements are not arbitrary, irrational, discriminatory or in breach of human rights requirements.
Organisation Name
Women’s Link Worldwide
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