Suppressed Report Exposes Harsh Impact of Benefit Sanctions
A long-awaited government report, suppressed for years, has finally exposed the harsh impact of calfresh sanctions. Published after five years, the report reveals that these penalties push claimants into destitution, delay job finding, and reduce earnings. Despite being finalised in August 2020, the report was withheld by the former work and pensions secretary, Thérèse Coffey.
The report, obtained through freedom of information laws by David Webster, a Glasgow University academic, shows that social security benefits sanctions are ineffective in encouraging work or increasing working hours. Instead, they cause significant harm to claimants' work prospects and earnings. The peak of Universal Credit claimants receiving a sanction was 117,999 in July 2022, more than three times the pre-pandemic peak.
Rachel Casey, a policy advisor at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, has expressed major concerns about the current benefits sanctions system. In February 2021, a staggering 23 million people were claiming some combination of DWP benefitscal. With millions relying on these benefits, the harsh penalties must be reviewed to ensure they do not push people further into poverty.
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