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WOW2 – January’s Women Trailblazers and Activists, 1-17 thru 1-24 [1]
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Date: 2023-01-21
January 22 , 2021 – In the UK, Nichola Salvato , a single mother, brought a legal challenge against the government over its universal credit childcare payments system. She argued that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) requirement that she pay hundreds of pounds upfront to childcare providers before she could claim back the money through universal credit plunged her into debt and forced her to reduce her working hours. The court ruled that the “proof of payment” rule disproportionally discriminated against women, who account for about 80% of all universal credit childcare payment claimants, and had left Salvato worse off financially and psychologically. In a judgment issued by Mr Justice Chamberlain, he said the childcare payment system, which estimates suggest will be used eventually by 500,000 UK parents when universal credit is fully rolled out, was irrational and subjected Salvato and other mothers to indirect sex discrimination under human rights law. Salvato, who is a welfare rights adviser, said she was “over the moon” about the ruling, saying it was “ridiculous” that hard-up families had to find the money for childcare costs upfront, while better-off families earning up to £200,000 a year could get help for their childcare costs in advance through the tax system. “I’m so very pleased that the judge has ruled that the way that childcare costs are administered through universal credit at the moment is unlawful, and I really hope that the DWP recognise that a speedy change to the system is going to have an enormous and very welcome impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of lower-income families across the country, the very group of people that the government says it wants to help,” she said.
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