Will Labour really ‘scrap’ Universal Credit?
A few days ago, Jeremy Corbyn announced that ‘Labour will scrap Universal Credit’ if they win the next general election. Calling it ‘inhumane ...
Category: Welfare Reform blog
Universal Credit and Social Care – does anyone gain?
In my last post on Universal Credit and adult social care, I discussed how social care is not just an issue for older people and how around half of all spending...
Should Universal Credit be scrapped?
On Sunday, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, suggested that Universal Credit (UC) could be scrapped under a Labour government. He is the most sen...
Universal Credit and Social Care – the contradictions
The crisis in the care system. The ongoing car crash of the Universal Credit roll-out. Even with Brexit filling the news headlines, these two topics have cut th...
Long delays for Universal Credit payments
Government statistics out today, confirm that 23% of new Universal Credit (UC) claims are not paid on time. When “on time” for most people claiming ...
Appeals and the work capability assessment
Figures obtained by the Independent this week have shown that the government currently spends almost £40 million on fighting disputes around sickness benefits. ...
The two child policy and the end of means testing
This financial year has seen a large number of new changes to the benefts system. Maybe it’s a symptom of the relentless pace of goverment cuts, but the r...
Universal Credit full roll-out
The full area by area roll-out of Universal Credit has now been published and plans can be properly made for dealing with the consequences. Below, I’ve pr...
The future of supported housing
In my last post on the local housing allowance (LHA) cap to housing benefit in the social sector, I talked about how pensioners would lose out. My plan was to d...
The new Housing Benefit cap and how pensioners lose out
The summer budget of 2015 brought many reforms to already super-reformed benefit system. I’ve talked about many of them here before – cuts to the un...