Five Problems With The Chancellor’s Universal Credit Announcements

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced some changes to Universal Credit in today’s budget. Firstly, let’s be absolutely honest: these changes do not address the multiple and serious issues with Universal Credit, many of which are designed into the system, and can only be fixed by a root-and-branch reassessment of Universal Credit. The Tories have thus far shown themselves totally resistant to do what is needed on Universal Credit.Secondly, not a single one of these changes would have ha