UC guidance

According to Minister Mark Hoban, in the minutes of the committee discussing the UC transitional regulations, the government has posted key parts of the UC guidance in the House of Commons Library.

Has anyone got hold of this, or can anyone get hold of it?  I imagine it would need a tame MP

Yes they’re here - the third item down

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?y=2013&house=2&search_term=Department+for+Work+and+Pensions&itemId=119004#toggle-194

Fab

Thanks

The Personal Budgeting Support guidance shines an interesting light on how the DWP will assess and support claimants struggling with single, inclusive monthly payments etc. However, one’s attention is immediately drawn to the forth bullet point under the heading ‘How advice affect Universal Credit’. It reads…

“External organisations with relevant expertise are expected to deliver money advice.”

Who writes this stuff?

What they ‘expect’ and what they will receive may be a very different matter, if they believe that cold signposting to the local CAB or equivalent will necessarily do the trick. Our offices will be otherwise distracted by the consequences of the benefit cap and the abolition of working DLA and so on. It really is arrogant to assume we are just waiting around to help mitigate the effects of a particular government policy.

Sort of reminds me of the governments incantation that social landlords should take a ‘liberal line’ with regards to agreeing to allow lodgers as a means of addressing the impact of the bedroom tax.

All very parental.

Steve

You get the distinct impression that the Govt is now getting a bit desperate.

Financil Responsibility…....

In an “ideal” world every tenant would manage there money sucessfully.

In a slightly less ideal world, every tenant that was vulnerable could be idetified at the start of a UC claim/ prior to them being given a tenancy etc. They would then gratefully receive debt/money advice. And would live happily ever afters.

In the real world, the govt is unable to stop/predict that the best and brightest in the land (the bankers) from bankrupting the country, by acting in a financially irresponsible manrer, fixing rates, and so on, costing tax payers billions..

This theoretically beautiful idea that social partnerships will enable folks to identify and help manage the finances of tens of thousands(?) of vulnerable council tenants is I am afraid seriously bonkers.