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Welfare Reform - Universal Credit

Level:
A-Level, IB Diploma
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 23 Dec 2018

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Universal credit is a huge reform to the working of the welfare benefits system in the UK. But is it fast becoming a landmark example of government failure? For example, delays to initial payments of Universal Credit are expected to drive the need for food banks even higher in 2018.

Universal Credit: Is the system working? (BBC Newsnight, December 2018)
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