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Originally Posted by Maggy J
UC is a possibly great idea ruined by poor decision making and a lack of oversight and foresight. This does seem to be a recurring situation with this government/civil service. If only they could make themselves abandon using proven poor working organisations like Crapita and GS4 and look for better alternatives and using better oversight to pick good companies. The recent ferry company choice for Brexit doesn't point to this changing any time soon.
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One of the biggest problems was using UC in an attempt to cut the number of claimants. Rather than looking at all the different benefits and ensuring they has a single claim point first, then streamlining the benefits thereafter.
So now people in supported housing still claim HB, where others claim the housing element of UC.