Universal credit’s flaws hurt the people who most need it | Letters

Iain Duncan Smith, the brains behind universal credit, should try living on benefits.Your editorial on universal credit sets out what it describes as its “unimpeachably sensible” goal of simplifying benefits so they mimic a monthly pay cheque (19 October).For those on low incomes (in and out of work), stretching the budgetary period over a longer time frame can make managing resources harder still.