It finally happened after mandatory reconsiderations,
appeals and all that other fun stuff my month long Sanction got turned over at
Tribunal in five minutes. No new evidence, no legal gymnastics just the simple
facts that were available on the Monday when my so called Work Coach chose to
blow up my life.
This is not the first time, second or third that the JCP
have tried to bully me through a completely spurious sanction and I am sick and
tired of it. Alongside fighting this sanction and in fact before it I started a
complaint procedure which DWP have refused to properly respond to for 6 months.
Without the support of an advisor who helps people fight
against JCP and DWP nonsense I would have given up or curled up into a ball a
long time ago. So if you’re one of the thousands who get targeted by your local
jobcentre know that you’re not the only one suffering and that there are people
out there that can help.
As I said my sanction was overturned which means that I was
due some money back unfortunately my figures don’t tally with the DWP’s as by
my math as well as the math of one of the advisers at my local JCP. I was
supposed to hear from them on Monday discussing the payment but surprise, surprise
they didn’t return the call in the 4 hour window.
I don’t want to make this a pity party but the sheer amount
of effort that goes into combating JCP lies is hard to grasp if you’re outside
the system and it definitely impinges on your job search time and effort.
The
only way to change it would be a fundamental reworking of the system, I don’t
see how the staff could stay given the way they’ve been brought up with the
sanction targets that the DWP swears don’t exist and the way they treat people
as little more than pests.
