Women 'Selling sex for £5 is the only way I can survive after Universal Credit chaos'

[arista]

Shocking

[Women are being driven to carry
out "survival sex" work because
of the five-week wait for
Universal Credit payments,
MPs have warned.
An inquiry by the Commons'
work and pensions committee
has found the wait for payments
is why some claimants said
they had turned to prostitution.
The committee has urged the
government to remove the
five-week wait for the first
Universal Credit payment, which
it described as a "fundamental design flaw".
Here, a woman called Susie
tells Sky News why her struggle
with the Universal Credit system
has left her selling sex for just £5.
Within the next week if my situation
doesn't change I am going to
have to go back on the streets.]

https://news.sky.com/story/selling-sex-for-5-is-the-only-way-i-can-survive-after-universal-credit-chaos-11844413

[Beso]

Should never have come over here looking for that credit then.....cause I would imagine most brits would have a place at mums and dads..or any other equivelent to that, rather than having to soon off some old pervert for a 5er.

[smudgie]

A fiver.
Strewth.:fist:

[Oliver_W]

She must be a right munter if all she can get is a fiver.

For reals though, five weeks waiting time is ridiculous.

[Marsh.]

Women are being driven to carry
out "survival sex" work

No they're not.

[arista]

A fiver.
Strewth.:fist:

Must be a Hand Job..................

[arista]

No they're not.


Sadly as they are waiting 5 weeks
to get a First Payment
so some women are.

This is a
Real News Report

[Strictly Jake]

That's sad and a shame

But we also went on UC a couple of years ago now and yes we had to wait 6 weeks but I didn't have to have sex with anyone! You have to make it work another way surely?

[Kizzy]

I'm a left leaning person ... but I don't agree with the sentiment in this article. If she came here legally she could have worked and sent a portion of her wages home.
Being on benefits those are for her and her only sending those away meant it was her choice how she subsidised that and she chose prostitution.
However not having settled status now means she can't work even if she wanted to, which is the real reason people could be forced into prostitution.

[user104658]

This story seems to be more about overall entitlement to benefits rather than the 5 week wait? However, I agree that the wait is ridiculous... one of the worst parts is that the official gov.uk says (or at least did, last time I looked) simply "you will have to think about how you will support yourself during this time". The clear implication is that they think people on benefits who know they are going to be moved over to UC should "have saving set aside" for those 5 weeks. It just show a ridiculous lack of understanding of the income levels of people on benefits... having savings of any kind is near impossible. Most common scenario is that people end up in £1000 - £2000 debt over those 5 weeks and then it follows them forever.

[Kazanne]

A fiver.
Strewth.:fist:

I know, how cheap are some people :shocked: not sure I fully believe they have to do that , I'de rather shop lift to eat.

[Livia]

For a fiver, I'd be willing to smile at someone.

[Kizzy]

It was refreshing to see some justified criticism of UC today that the 6 page 'ad' in the metro was found to be seriously misleading.

[user104658]

It was refreshing to see some justified criticism of UC today that the 6 page 'ad' in the metro was found to be seriously misleading.

Know what's most baffling? It tried to outline as a POSITIVE that "only 3 in 100 people experience sanctions". 3%! That's tens of thousands of people ffs.