The Liberal Democrats are to broaden their criticisms of
the coalition's welfare policies by admitting that benefit sanctions are
hitting those most in need of support. The attack on benefit sanctions is
included in a motion due to be debated at the party's autumn conference, and
will raise questions about the extent to which they have been calling for
changes internally at the DWP. It also calls for a review of universal credit
implementation to address poor administration, information management and data quality
issues as well as cliff edges that may disincentivise increased working hours,
or leave insufficient childcare or other basic needs support. Read more on the
Observer website.
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