Rupert Lowe schooled by Labour MP after spouting ‘impossible’ claims about Universal Credit
"The figure he uses is a complete conflation and shows his ignorance."
Tag: Universal Credit
Just 1.5% of Universal Credit claimants are refugees
Someone should let Nigel Farage and his lot know.
Chancellor announces huge further cuts to universal credit
The Chancellor has delivered her spring statement.
Tories in desperate bid to suppress Universal Credit documents ahead of election
Critics described the move as "shocking", saying it "stinks of a cover up".
Government welfare reforms fuelling homelessness
Claimants of Universal Credit are often at greater risk of losing their home amid spiralling costs.
Universal Credit has ‘saved lives’ – Iain Duncan Smith
In 2018, a UN report into poverty in the UK concluded that UC was driven by a desire to get across a simple message that the state "no longer has your back".
What about Covid loans? New £600m plan to fight UC benefit fraud unveiled
"So it's worth the money to go after benefit fraudsters but not the hell of a lot more in covid fraud," said one angry Twitter user.
Universal Credit claimants face crackdown as DWP tightens rules
Claimants will now have just four weeks - down from three months - to find a job within their preferred sector.
One in 10 UK families ‘will struggle with basic costs of living this winter’
The government has been urged to help low-income families who are facing rising inflation, rising energy bills and a Universal Credit Cut.