Public confidence in universal credit will collapse
without an urgent £3bn cash injection to reverse cuts that are set to leave
millions of families worse off, an influential thinktank has warned. The Resolution Foundation says a spree of
Treasury-driven welfare cuts since 2015 has left universal credit unable to
meet its original aims of strengthening work incentives and supporting the
incomes of low-income families. It warns that the current fragile political
consensus in support of universal credit risks breaking down unless ministers
refinance the reform and fix multiple design and implementation problems.
Download a copy of Universal Remedy: ensuring Universal Credit is fit for purpose
from the Resolution Foundation website.
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