Delays to Universal Credit Lead Watchdog To Rate It as A New Project

Due to the delays to universal credit, a government watchdog has assessed it as ‘reset’ meaning it is considered a new scheme. The Major Projects Authority’s annual assessment up to September 2013 of 200 government infrastructure projects rated Iain Duncan Smith’s flagship welfare reform scheme as ‘reset’. This is the first time the MPA has used this classification for its delivery confidence assessment. The report said the MPA has ‘undertaken significant work to develop a ‘reset plan’ to place the roll-out of universal credit on a more secure footing’. It added that the ‘reset’ decision ‘reflects this new status of the project’. Read more on Inside Housing.