Dear readers it’s been five years almost to the day since I started writing this blog although I’ve been campaigning for much longer.
A friend encouraged me to write it but I honestly didn’t think that anyone would read it. I was proved wrong though, it took off straight away.
Back then we were chosen to be a trial area for universal credit along with Oldham and Wigan.
Hardly anyone else was documenting the day to day cruelty that universal credit and the benefit reforms.Most likely because it wasn’t happening everywhere and lots of people weren’t aware of this
We were ignored and called liars and suchlike.
Myself and other groups continued to fight against it even though every door was being slammed in our faces. No one wanted to know.
Through perseverance and determination we continued, we weren’t letting this go. People were and are dying as a result…
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