Time To Make Universal Credit Fit For Purpose In 21st Century Britain

The pace of the roll-out of Universal Credit has quickened in recent months - and so too have the complaints and reputational hit that the reform is taking.
Much of the focus has been on the six week wait before new claimants moving out of work receive their first payment, which is the result of requiring people to wait seven days before earning any benefit entitlement and the view that all families should be got used to monthly payments in arrears. This is a classic case of the design of UC run