On this Scottish Unemployed Workers Network blog post,
there
is a youtube video of demonstration speeches outside Dundee Jobcentre,
in which 'full roll-out' of Universal Credit is compared to the Poll Tax
in terms of its potential to be a counter-productive government policy.
I
believe that the long delayed introduction of Universal Credit and the
way that it has been targeted first at 'single people making a fresh
claim' in any area has been partly designed so as to avoid Poll Tax
levels of opposition.
Despite its apparent hap-hazardness, it now looks like Universal Credit roll-out has been conducted as a military operation in the war against claimants
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| First Universal Credit targeted single Jsa claimants at Ashton-under-Lyne jobcentre making a fresh Jsa claim who met certain criteria |
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| Second, it rolled over similar Jsa claimants using Wigan jobcentre |
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| 2014: Divide and roll-over single claimants makingfresh Jsa claim elsewhere... |
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| .... then couples in Hammersmith, Bath... |
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| Universal Credit roll-out 2016 'Live Service Areas' and 'Full Digital Service Areas' defined |
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| November 2014: families — couples or lone parentswith children. "Anyone claiming Universal Credit as availy were entitled to Free School Meals for their children." |
Universal Credit -- at least in its current design with income caps -- attacks the working poor as well as the much demonised claimants of out-of-waged work benefit claimants, and so it can be regarded as a Trojan Horse for attacking the 'working poor' while debt slavery is introduced via the back door.
So what can claimants and their allies do about this 'divide and rule' matter?
As can be seen from the above screen captures, the history of Universal Credit roll-out can be regarded as a military operation.Now for 'full roll-out', there is geographic phasing.
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| 2016: Universal Credit roll-out 'Live Service Areas' and 'Fully Digital Services Areas' defined |
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| 2017: Universal Credit 'full roll-out' in 'Full Digital Areas' |
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| 2018: Universal Credit 'full roll-out' in 'Full Digital Areas' |
Perhaps a way of overcoming the geographic phasing barrier could be to do some 'town' or 'area' twinning between those who are yet to 'get it' and those who have already 'had it'?
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