Government’s Universal Credit programme is failing self-employed people on low incomes - Margaret Greenwood

Thursday, 10 May 2018 00:01

Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to a Work and Pensions Select Committee report on Universal Credit and self-employment, said: “This report is absolutely clear: the Government’s Universal Credit programme is failing self-employed people on low incomes. “As it stands there is a danger that Universal Credit will deter many people, including single parents and those with disabilities, from taking steps into self-employed...Request free trial