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Oh Phoenix is just a incomplete system rolled out too early. Universial Credit is pure evil. The person-gets-benefits-cut-for-having-heart-attack-at-appointment evil. The months-deceased-claimant-gets-invited-for-appointment evil. The benefit-cut-because-assessor-didn't-show-up-for-house-visit evil. The no-benefit-payouts-in-the-first-six-weeks evil.

(those are all real cases you can find in UK newspapers, mostly the Guardian)



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