Universal Credit claimants face “impossible choice of hardship now or hardship later”

Sunday, 20 January 2019 00:01

In its recent report on support for childcare costs under Universal Credit the Committee expressed deep alarm at DWP’s suggestion that parents struggling to find the upfront payment for childcare, to enable them to get back into work, should take out a “budgeting advance”. The Department claimed Budgeting Advances are “not a loan”, despite the Government’s own website stating that they are. Commenting, Chair of the Committee Frank Field...Request free trial