Universal Credit (UC) needs a “full scale rescue mission”
from the upcoming budget before it plunges hundreds of thousands of claimants
into poverty. The latest study into the ill-fated – even toxic – reform shows
the potential for a “colossal failure” of public policy if UC rolls out little
more than desperation and destitution, a new study says. Figures cited in the
study by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the Institute for Public
Policy Research show the ‘flagship’ reform is sinking as its system for
benefiting families for taking on more work had effectively been broken by
austerity. Download their report– Austerity Generation – from the CPAG website.
My two adult kids have had to move back home. Should I be charging them
rent – and if so, how much? | Sue Elliott-Nicholls
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They face spiralling costs and insecure work, so I’m glad to help them. But
I can’t afford the big rise in my cost of living
Thank goodness for the “bank...
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