The damage coalition cuts and bodge have done to
Universal Credit was omitted from the National Audit Office assessment of the
scheme in November. The full story
emerged a week after the auditor published its report. Had the NAO been able to
put all the cards on the table, it may have discredited the coalition as the
country entered its few months of mudslinging before the general election in
May. The ambitious Universal Credit welfare scheme was in a worse state than
the DWP had admitted when the auditor did its assessment. But this may have
been caused more by government cuts in welfare to people in low paid jobs than
its well-publicised IT problems. Read more on Computer Weekly.
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