Universal Credit: First Year of Welfare Transformation

The first year of Universal Credit has seen a series of major achievements in reforms to the welfare state:

·         Universal Credit is available in 10 sites across Britain

·         thousands of claimants benefiting from an easier single benefit payment sticking with them as they move into work – rather than the current mixture of 6 in and out of work benefits

·         the Claimant Commitment is now in place in all British jobcentres

·         26,300 members of staff have been trained to provide job coaching, expert help and advice to encourage and motivate claimants in their search for work

·         over 600,000 Claimant Commitments have been signed – resetting the relationship between benefit claimants and Jobcentre Plus help

·         the roll-out of digital jobcentres will be complete by Autumn – placing wi-fi and computers in all jobcentres

Read more on the GovUK website.