People who have been stripped of benefits could be charged by the government for trying to appeal against the decision to an independent judge. Critics said the proposal, contained in an internal Department for Work and Pensions document leaked to the Guardian, would hit some of the poorest people in Britain, who have been left with little or no income. In the document about the departments internal finances, officials say the introduction of a charge for people making appeals against [DWP] decisions to social security tribunals would raise money. Other ideas include selling off child support debt to the private sector to collect, though civil servants remark that the government would be unlikely to raise more than 5-7p in the pound from the £1.4bn currently owed to the DWP. The department currently collects arrears.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 01:56:45 +0000
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