Universal Credit Report: Urgent Action Is Needed

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Universal Credit (UC) has launched a report outlining how the UC system can be improved, following their inquiry into the issue. The key recommendations are:

·         Ending the controversial five-week wait

·         Make payments fortnightly by default

·         Split payments to each member of a couple

·         End the freeze on benefits and the two-child Limit

·         Pay childcare costs in advance

·         Allow claimants the option for direct payment to their landlord from the start of the claim.

Read more on the NLA website.

https://landlords.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/universal-credit-report-agrees-nla-urgent-action-needed