This report proves once again that Universal Credit is not fit for purpose - Debbie Abrahams

Debbie Abrahams MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the Work and Pensions Select Committee report on Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews, said:

“After years of Tory Universal Credit chaos, this report proves once again that Universal Credit is not fit for purpose.

“It is completely unacceptable that the Government has not provided any evidence to back up their repeated assertion that Universal Credit will help people into work, a key principle of the programme.

“As Universal Credit is being rolled out, people in and out of work are being pushed into rent arrears, debt and poverty with food bank use rising as a consequence. Yet the Government’s own review barely mentions claimants.

“A Labour government would reform the Tories’ failing Universal Credit programme and transform the social security system so that it provides security, dignity and protection for all those who need it.”