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"It's absolutely clear there were challenges in the initial rollout," she said.
Test subjects were paid €560 a month, regardless of their income.
"Universal Credit must continue to be reformed so it works for all claimants and leaves people with enough money to live on."
“Everything portrayed in the video is true, and the people speaking are not paid to do so."
Imagine having £10 in your pocket and being told you have to make it last five weeks. I was gobsmacked. How were we going to eat? Pay bills?
Universal Credit, the largest welfare reform in a generation was supposed to make receiving benefits and getting back into work easier but for many this has had the opposite effect. Delays in payments, sanctions and underpayments have seen a rise in people being forced to use food banks, falling into rent arrears and even homelessness. Drawing on the experiences of those in The Wirral, where there’s been a 32% increase in food bank use since the roll out of UC in November 2017, volunteer groups like Fans Supporting Foodbanks and local politicians in Liverpool, are bracing themselves for the full rollout of universal credit.
Three disabled people have launched legal action against the government.
The government faces a judicial review in the High Court.