MP's Push Back Vote On Universal Credit and Managed Migration

A group of MPs warn today in an urgent report calling on ministers to push back any vote on the flagship welfare reform.

The Commons Work and Pensions Committee claims that getting “managed migration” – the process of transferring claimants from existing benefits to universal credit – wrong when it starts in mid-2019 could “plunge claimants into poverty and even leave them destitute”.

Despite money being allocated for universal credit at the Budget, the DWP Select Committee warns that “major areas of concern” about the welfare reform remain. 

The ABC have been highlighting fundamental flaws in the system, that have not been mentioned by the mainstream media.

As it stands says ABC founder Simon Collyer, ‘UC just could not work properly’ without a rethink. Forcing employees to upload wages data sooner could help, but companies want to run their businesses not see their mission as information gatherers for the DWP.  

Esther McVey jumped ship at a very timely moment says the ABC.  UC is a good idea in theory, but it is a complete ‘buggers muddle’ in practise.

If the DWP press on it will create a human catastrophe says the ABC.

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ABC Note: The Universal Credit Managed Migration report is below: