Frontline DWP Staff Want Universal Credit Roll-Out Paused

Two in three frontline DWP staff say the roll-out of Universal Credit should be paused, findings from Channel 4’s Dispatches. The programme also reported a ‘whistleblower’ as saying staff shortages saw claims piling up and not given appropriate assessment. Some 550 Public and Commercial Services Union members who work on Universal Credit for the The investigation uncovered cases of a disabled mother waiting five months to receive her full benefit entitlement, as well as a self-employed claimant being advised to give up work to receive more money. Read more on 24housing.

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