Victory for four re-housed former rough sleepers in Manchester left destitute after DWP deductions to pay court fines
A group of former rough sleepers who were left destitute after the Department for Work and Pensions automatically deducted a third of their universal credit allowance to pay off court fines, have won a high court victory.
The department’s blanket deductions policy had left the four highly vulnerable individuals with £52 a week to live on and unable to meet the cost of food and heating or transport to job interviews and medical appointments.
