Unity News By   Lucy Wood   May 3, 2019 64   views Clacton Unite Community branch held an event to help people with Universal Credit on Tuesday 30 th  April. Special guest, Community Money Matters blogger, debt and money specialist, Ripon Ray spoke about what Universal Credit was and sought to inform people of how it works and what claimants’ rights are. Ripon presented an informative speech, but it was obvious that the people attending were anxious to have their voices heard about the issues they were facing, it became a much more conversational meeting. Topics discussed were the introduction of welfare reform and the reasoning for this. Ripon highlighted the Economic crash caused by the banks in 2008 and the introduction of austerity policies in 2010 by the Conservative/Lib-Dem coalition government. The five-week wait was discussed and how this left people in destitution, requiring food banks and loans...