Re: Universal Credit
Threat of revolt forces rethink of Universal Credit.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ut-pilot-study
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46772901
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The roll-out of the government’s flagship welfare programme is to be overhauled amid dire warnings about its impact on the vulnerable, the Observer understands.
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Frank Field, chairman of the work and pensions select committee, which has raised a series of concerns about universal credit, said: “The government seems finally to have woken up to the human catastrophe that was waiting to happen under its ill-formed plans for moving people on to universal credit.”
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The limited pilot paves the way for the process to be further slowed should problems emerge. She has already told MPs that she will not rush to meet arbitrary timetables. The process, which is already six and a half years behind its original schedule, is due to be completed by the end of 2023.
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Last edited by denphone; 06-01-2019 at 06:16.
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