The universal credit is the centrepiece of the Government’s welfare reforms,
which aim to encourage more claimants to work by allowing them to keep more
of their benefits when they start to earn. But the findings of the
department’s research suggest that ministers may need to take a more
draconian approach to forcing the work-shy back into employment.
Reforming dozens of benefits into a single handout is regarded as one of the
most complex tasks facing the Government. When he announced the plans last
February, David Cameron said “the most fundamental and radical changes to
the welfare system since it began” would finally “make work pay” for some of
the poorest in society.
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