We are calling on the UK Government and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to stop treating people on benefits like criminals.

Millions of people across the UK rely on Universal Credit, PIP, and other forms of support — not because they’re lazy or dishonest, but because they’re disabled, sick, carers, single parents, or people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Many have worked hard, paid taxes for years, and saved what little they could — yet now, they are treated like liars and thieves.

Instead of compassion, we face suspicion.
Instead of support, we face interrogation.
Instead of dignity, we get surveillance, pressure, and fear.

Here’s what’s happening:

🔹 The DWP demands four months of bank statements — suddenly, without warning.
🔹 They call you and interrogate you about every withdrawal — “Why did you take out £30? Who did you give it to? What was it for?”
🔹 They treat ordinary life like criminal activity — like you need permission to spend your own money.
🔹 They penalise savings you worked for — using “tariff income” rules to cut your Universal Credit, even though you earned that money legally.
🔹 They force disabled people into endless reassessments, even if they have lifelong or worsening conditions.
🔹 They treat claimants like suspects, not people in need.

This is not a welfare system — this is financial surveillance and psychological harm.
This is not how a decent country treats its people.
This is control, punishment, and cruelty — dressed up as policy.

 
✊ We demand urgent action:
Stop mass demands for personal bank statements unless there is genuine evidence of fraud.
End the financial interrogation of people on benefits — we should not have to explain every pound we spend.
Raise the £6,000 savings limit — people should not be punished for saving money from past work.
Stop forcing repeat assessments on people with serious, long-term health conditions.
Train DWP staff to treat people with humanity, not suspicion.
Involve real claimants and disabled people in shaping policies — not just politicians and auditors who have never lived this struggle.
 
We are not criminals.
We are not fraudsters.
We are not burdens or numbers on a screen.

We are human beings — and we demand to be treated as such.
With dignity. With respect. With basic humanity.

We deserve a system that helps people — not breaks them.