The government must fix key issues in the Universal Credit system, with it set to be claimed by 15 million households later this year, a new report has warned.
All six ‘legacy benefits’ that Universal Credit was designed to replace when it was introduced 13 years ago will be finally replaced by the all-encompassing payment from April. lThis will bring more people than ever into receipt of the benefit, and place more than half of all children in the UK (6.5 million) into Universal Credit households.
