Universal Credit Harming Working Poor And Should Be Paused, Says Dame Louise Casey

Universal Credit, the government’s overhaul of the benefits system, will make life harder for the working poor at a time the country is “fraying at the edges”, a former senior government official has warned.
Dame Louise Casey, who conducted a review into community cohesion and extremism, said the rollout of the system should be “paused”.
Her intervention comes after a dozen Tory MPs signed a letter to work and pensions secretary David Gauke also calling for th