Universal Credit problems for mums. Please sign my petitition

[cathy9898]

Hi everybody, Just wondered if you can take the time to sign my petition to scrap Universal credit. Please share with as many as you can on social media. Thanks in advance.
Cathy

You have just alienated most of mn. Good luck getting your petition signed.

Indeed.

So much of what you’ve said OP is outright offensive. And your attitude does really show why expectations that people look for work and look to increase their wage/hours over time have been built in to UC. It’s supposed to be about supporting people to improve their circumstances so that they can be self-supporting. That’s not a horrible aspiration.

As others have said, the implementation of UC has not been great (understatement) but it’s not necessarily a bad idea.

The education issue is separate from UC too. Why aren’t you complaining about how poorly the higher education funding system serves single mothers instead? Or the awful situation in relation to FE funding.

Although, HE funding certainly provides much better for single parents now than it did when I was a student. There’s proper childcare funding (85% in both term time and holidays) which didn’t happen 18 years ago.

Self support doesn't really happen on a low income. People disagree with me and my opinions and yet I am not offended in any way at all. Sorry if people are offended by my opinions and views.

Self support doesn't really happen on a low income

It does. Where it doesn't is where poor choices have been made that the person couldn't finance. That could range from living in a particular area, working part time, having children etc. All these are lifestyle choices but some put more thought into their outfit than looking they do making finaincal decisions.

Oh yes of course because people can help getting sick or becoming a widow or suffering from domestic abuse. What poor lifestyle choices they must have made. Narrow minded much

OP: of course unexpected circumstances happen. But people can - and very often do - work to improve their situations and become increasingly self-supporting. The system should be encouraging that. That’s why it funds childcare and (at least in principle*) provides work coaching etc.

Unless there are specific, ongoing health issues involved then surely everyone’s aim should really be to become as self-sufficient as they can. That doesn’t happen over night. And people should be supported to get there.

• in practice, things may work less well than they should however.