Universal Credit Six-Week Wait Could Soon Be Reduced, Tory MP Suggests

Ministers are ready to reduce the waiting time for Universal Credit payments from six weeks following an outcry from Tory MPs, it has been suggested.
One of those who threatened to rebel over the roll-out of the flagship benefit reform, Stephen McPartland, said he believed the critics were “very, very close to getting a resolution” on the issue.
Some have warned that as the roll-out of the policy gathers pace, the six-week wait is contributing to rising debt, rent arrears and evicti