The UK's new generation welfare system, now in trial, has an automatic delay of 42 days after a person is accepted. This is intended to give the person a chance to end up on the street, go hungry, or go into debt, before receiving any support. That period starts after the series of bureaucratic screwups is resolved. For one woman, that stage took 6 weeks, meaning she will have to go without money for around 3 months before she gets unemployment pay.