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Calls for Universal Credit to change to help older and sicker population

Single people with disabilities are worse off by £2,800 per year on Universal Credit compared to legacy benefits by 2024/25.
Universal Credit has almost doubled the number of benefit claimants out of work due to ill health to 2.3 million since its introduction.
Working families in rented accommodation are the biggest beneficiaries of Universal Credit, receiving stronger incentives to enter work.

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BBC News

Universal Credit must change to tackle long-term sickness, report says

Britain faces new challenges from an older and sicker population, according to a new report.

15 days ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Thousands of disabled people ‘will get £2,800 a year less under universal credit’

Single people with long-term disability that stops them working will be much poorer after rollout, Resolution Foundation saysThe rollout of universal credit is on course to make thousands of working-age disabled people significantly poorer, according to a report showing that more than 7 million people will be covered by the six-into-one benefit change before the end of the next parliament.A single person with a long-term disability that prevents…

15 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Shropshire Star

Universal Credit ‘will need to change to tackle challenge of long-term sickness’

While high unemployment problems had faded, Britain faced new challenges from an older and sicker population, the Resolution Foundation said.

15 days ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

Universal Credit ‘will need to change to tackle challenge of long-term sickness’

While high unemployment problems had faded, Britain faced new challenges from an older and sicker population, the Resolution Foundation said.

15 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Epoch Times

Universal Credit Facing Challenge of Long-Term Sickness, Think Tank Says

Universal Credit will need to change because its design did not anticipate the “steep rise” in the number of people with ill health or disabilities, a think tank has said. The Resolution Foundation said in a report on Monday that since the benefits system was reformed, unemployment had fallen from 8.5 percent in 2011 to 3.8 percent in 2023. But 2.3 million claimants are now out of work because of ill health, almost double the figure when Univers…

14 days ago·New York, United States

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The Northern Echo

Calls for Universal Credit to change to help older and sicker population

There have been calls to change Universal Credit to help the growing challenges of an older and sicker population.

15 days ago·County Durham, United Kingdom

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Universal Credit must change to tackle long-term sickness, report says

Universal Credit must change to tackle long-term sickness, report says

Thousands of disabled people ‘will get £2,800 a year less under universal credit’

Thousands of disabled people ‘will get £2,800 a year less under universal credit’

Universal Credit ‘will need to change to tackle challenge of long-term sickness’

Universal Credit ‘will need to change to tackle challenge of long-term sickness’

Universal Credit ‘will need to change to tackle challenge of long-term sickness’

Universal Credit ‘will need to change to tackle challenge of long-term sickness’

Universal Credit Facing Challenge of Long-Term Sickness, Think Tank Says

Universal Credit Facing Challenge of Long-Term Sickness, Think Tank Says

Calls for Universal Credit to change to help older and sicker population

Calls for Universal Credit to change to help older and sicker population

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