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

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…

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

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

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

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.

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…

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.

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.