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The Briefing Room: Universal Credit: What's gone wrong and can it be fixed?

10/01/2019

Universal Credit: What's gone wrong and can it be fixed?

BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, Universal Credit: What's gone wrong and can it be fixed?

How did universal credit come about, and why has its roll-out been delayed?

Work and Pensions Secretary, Amber Rudd, this week announced that the next stage of the Universal Credit roll-out is to be scaled back amid concerns about the controversial new benefits system. 

So what were the origins of the Universal Credit policy and can its flaws be fixed?

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Roy Sainsbury -  Professor of Social Policy at the University of York

Baroness Philippa Stroud - former government advisor and CEO of the Legatum Institute

Kayley Hignell - Head of Policy for Family, Welfare and Work at Citizens Advice

Fran Bennett - Senior Research Fellow at the Department for Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford University

Torsten Bell -  Director of the Resolution Foundation

Deven Ghelani - Founder of Policy in Practice

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