Friday, 14 November 2014

Universal Credit Thrown Into Doubt by Government Findings

Iain Duncan Smith’s floundering Universal Credit system will have to deal with 1.6million changes to people’s claims every month, a Government adviser has revealed. The shocking figure throws fresh doubt over whether the Work Secretary’s flagship scheme will ever be fully up and running after being dogged by delays and glitches. Professor John Hills reveals the scale of the challenge in a new book that explodes the “strivers versus skivers” myth peddled by politicians. Professor Hills, of the London School of Economics, warns: “This will make the system hard to run.” Read more on the Daily Mirror website.

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