They chose to design in a five week wait for first payment for the poorest and least able to cope. Then sanction people at every possible turn and have a refusa

They chose to design in a five week wait for first payment for the poorest and least able to cope. Then sanction people at every possible turn and have a refusal and appeal apparently as a standard part of claiming sickness benefits[1]. How could food bank use not grow? Even Rudd recently admitted UC caused the rise of food banks. It's an appalling, vindictive, punitive system that's been designed to be exactly that. [1] The rate of successful sickness appeals reached 60% in 2015, not sure of figures since: https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/3481-dwp-recruits-180-presenting-officers-to-cut-esa-and-pip-appeal-success-rates https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/3481-dwp-recruits-180...