Benefits vs. costs: is Universal Credit fit for purpose?

Claimants of legacy benefits will be moved over to universal credit

Millions of people will soon be affected by a welfare shake-up that will see all claimants of older benefits moved over to universal credit.

A managed migration system to transfer everyone to universal credit (UC) restarted in May this year, following a “brief pause” due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said the Daily Mirror.

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