Universal Credit claimants can’t afford another Tory 'benefits crackdown' ✒️ paulwaugh for ipaperviews
This is despite the fact that there are. First, of course, is that 41 per cent of people on Universal Credit are actually in work and are not sitting on their backsides. They need the top-up because pay levels have stagnated for more than a decade.
Sanctions were paused during Covid, but since they were reintroduced in April 2021 the percentage of people on Universal Credit who have been penalised has soared. The rate isEver since David Cameron and George Osborne oversaw a major expansion of benefit sanctions, they have long been known to be a major driver of poverty. Up to 30 per cent of food bank use was triggered by sanctions, according to a report by The Trussell Trust, Church of England, Oxfam GB and the Child Poverty Action Group.
As for incentivising people into getting work and changing behaviour? Well, in December 2021 a Government minister quietly had to admit that a lengthy internal review of the system had been “unable to assess the deterrent effect” of sanctions. And away from the talk about crackdowns, there are hints that the Work and Pensions Secretary is listening to pleas for more constructive help in his forthcoming White Paper due before the Budget. He has already hinted that hated “work capability assessments” could be ditched, and that more people could be allowed toWith childcare a huge barrier for many parents, particularly single parents, there are hopes that Stride will also change the system so costs can be.
Most importantly of all, Sunak and Stride really should look at how our social security system can focus not just on work but on careers. Anrecently found that decades of benefit reforms have pushed more people into work – but very often into part-time, low-paid work with little prospect of progression.
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