Man forced to eat from bins and steal from supermarkets after Universal Credit blunder

A crane driver who lost his job was forced to eat from bins and steal from supermarkets because of a Universal Credit blunder.
Ryan Webb says he was left with just £26 to live on for a whole month when the UC payments were mistakenly stopped.
Ryan says his local Job Centre halted his UC payments after he failed to turn up for a meeting – even though they only sent details of the appointment a month later, reports the Liverpool Echo .
The 32-year-old had been working as a crane driver but lost his job because he suffers from depression and has been on Universal Credit for more than a year…. read more

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