Freud: 'Why Should We Hurry With Universal Credit?'

The rollout of universal credit for the most vulnerable people will take ‘as much time as it takes’, a minister in charge of welfare reform has said. At a Local Government Association event, Lord David Freud shrugged off criticism that the changes to UK benefits were behind schedule and warned against implementing them in a ‘hurry’. He told an audience of councillors, who had gathered to examine the local impact of welfare reform: ‘Frankly, why should we hurry with the most vulnerable? My own view is we should take as much time as it takes to get these people safely into the new system.’  Read more on Inside Housing.