Compensation for a government cock up ?
Not after the Great Repeal Bill goes through. Then we can all do the BoJo whistle ....
The UK government has resorted to manually issuing childcare payments, and has paid out £45,000 in compensation, after technical glitches meant parents couldn’t access their accounts on a new childcare benefits website. The government’s Childcare Service website - which allows parents to apply for two new benefits: tax-free …
This isn't the only HMRC website that needs a serious overhaul. When I was being treated for cancer my wife got about £300 a month in tax credits. This year they cut that to £20 when she put all the details asked for on HMRC's website (she's self employed but has been working fewer hours and earning less). She called and had the calculation done manually and was told £20 was right. She complained, it was reassessed and went up to £200 a month then. It's almost like the system is rigged against citizens getting what they're owed and the DLA/PIP is rigged clearly against claimants. Read a story of a man in a coma who was declared fit for work. No wonder the UN is investigating this government for human rights abuses (no wonder our wonderful PM wants out from under of the ECJ who have a history of enforcing people's right rather than just stating they exist and doing everything they can to undermine them).