Universal Credit (UC) will need to change to meet the challenges of an older and sicker population, a new report suggests.

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The Northern Echo

County Durham

England

United Kingdom

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

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

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BBC News

Government of the United Kingdom

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

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

Shropshire Star

MNA Media

Ketley

Shropshire

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

Evening Standard

Evgeny Lebedev

Alfred Harmsworth (barrister)

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth

Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

Carron Greig

London

Greater London

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…

The Epoch Times

Epoch Media Group

New York

United States

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

Univeral Credit needs to have alterations if it is to tackle the challenge of people being out of work long-term, it has been warned.

Birmingham Mail

Reach plc

Birmingham

West Midlands

DWP told to make 'needed' Universal Credit change for 2.3 million people

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

Gannett

The Resolution Foundation has issued the findings as the managed migration of Universal Credit continues

Coventry Telegraph

Coventry

Thousands of disabled people 'will get £2,800 a year less under Universal Credit'

Millions of Britons could get a bonus of up to £1,200 thanks to a savings scheme which offers a 50 per cent bonus.Hundreds of thousands of people have already opened a Help to Save account and last year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said an additional three million people could still benefit.The scheme is open to low-income earners, and some people who get Universal Credit could qualify.Savers can deposit between £1 and £50 into their account e…

GB News

Universal Credit recipients may be able to get £1,200 savings boost

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…

The Guardian

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

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

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