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Linda McAuley champions the cause of consumers in Northern Ireland.

Linda McAuley champions the cause of consumers in Northern Ireland, helping them to solve their problems, make the right choices and avoid the pitfalls.

Linda McAuley champions the cause of consumers in Northern Ireland, helping them to solve their problems, make the right choices and avoid the pitfalls - contact the show with your consumer and benefits queries:

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On Your Behalf: A Universal Credit Special

20/10/2018

A Universal Credit Special

BBC Radio Ulster - On Your Behalf, A Universal Credit Special

A Universal Credit special with Professor Eileen Evason and Advice NI's Kevin Higgins.

Professor Eileen Evason, Chair of the Mitigation working party for Welfare Reform, and Kevin Higgins of Advice NI are in the studio for a Universal Credit special.

The introduction of UC represents a fundamental change to the benefits system, replacing 6 separate means tested benefits and tax credits and turning them into 1. Already there are winners and losers. Many will be worse off, only a few will be better off. Professor Eileen Evason Chair of the Mitigation working party for Welfare Reform and Kevin Higgins of Advice NI are both in the studio. Has the mitigation worked in the way they hoped? The introduction of UC represents a fundamental change to the benefits system and has brought many changes and challenges for claimants and advisers alike. With the ongoing roll-out in NI almost complete and the future migration of clients from existing benefits to UC to come we hear from some already on universal credit.

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