Ryan v Cambridge Jobcentre Plus

The Hidden Scandal: How Cambridge Jobcentre Ignored a Three-Month Mistake Welcome back to Universal Credit hell. Today, we are unpacking another lawless failure from my partner's journal—a simple mistake that Cambridge Jobcentre Plus allowed to cause three months of financial hardship, and a legal request they chose to ignore. The Problem: A Lie Written into the System The situation was straightforward. My partner lives in a shared house with three flatmates. But when Universal Credit calculated her housing costs, they didn't see flatmates. They saw "family members." This wasn't just a clerical error. It was a lie written into the system. It meant that because she was out of work, the DWP's calculation wrongly assumed her "family" would pay her share. Her flatmates were now financially responsible for her in the eyes of the DWP. A bigger problem is that nothing we said could make the Cambridge team understand this basic re...

The Smoking Gun: How a Discrimination Claim Forced the DWP to Obey Its Own Rules The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its local Jobcentre staff use lies and obstruction to deny claimants their rights. This isn't an opinion; it's a fact backed by evidence. This post contains the story from my own Universal Credit journal, showing the systemic failure at Cambridge Jobcentre Plus. The Standoff: A Claim Held Hostage For months, my Universal Credit claim was blocked. The official reason? They couldn't verify my identity. The real reason? They refused to follow their own rules. As detailed in the video above, they ignored my consent given in my journal. They refused help from the council, who had already verified me. They insisted on processes that were impossible for me to complete due to my disabilities, despite my repeated requests for a reasonable adjustment. This went on for months. It was a deliberate strategy of delay. The Turning...

Welcome to the Campaign to Hold Cambridge Jobcentre Accountable This blog is the home of my campaign against Cambridge Jobcentre Plus and the wider Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). I am currently embroiled in three court cases due to their behaviour, and I am certain that the systemic failures I have documented are happening in Jobcentres across the country. This short video introduces the campaign and the evidence we are fighting with. The Three Core Legal Battles My fight focuses on three key areas of DWP misconduct: The Judicial Review: Exposing the DWP's endless, unlawful delays and their false claims to the High Court about their own procedures. The Equality Act Claim: Holding staff accountable for discrimination and their refusal to provide legally-required reasonable adjustments. The Tribunal Appeal: Fighting the DWP's refusal to accept official medical evidence, such as a GP's letter, for my partner's disabi...