Plea For ‘Full Scale Rescue’ Of Universal Credit In Upcoming Budget

Universal Credit (UC) needs a “full scale rescue mission” from the upcoming budget before it plunges hundreds of thousands of claimants into poverty. The latest study into the ill-fated – even toxic – reform shows the potential for a “colossal failure” of public policy if UC rolls out little more than desperation and destitution, a new study says. Figures cited in the study by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the Institute for Public Policy Research show the ‘flagship’ reform is sinking as its system for benefiting families for taking on more work had effectively been broken by austerity. Download their report– Austerity Generation – from the CPAG website.