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Universal credit during. Ministers to reverse universal. Apr More than million people have applied for universal credit in the past month. The result has been huge waits to talk to benefits staff on the . Mar First-time claimants have described calling the service between and 1times to no avail. The Guardian has been trying over the last two days . Mar Hundreds of thousands of people have applied for universal credit following the UK outbreak of Covid-19.

The Department for Work and . Apr However, a letter to the Guardian by anti-poverty campaigners said that tens of thousands of families forced to sign on to universal credit in the . Apr The shadow work and pensions secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, called for the five- week wait for a first universal credit payment to be scrapped and . Oct When the universal credit computer says no, fragile lives can quickly crumble. Lucy Morris, a 32-year-old mother of one in Rochdale, was . Feb The study found the introduction of universal credit across the UK was associated with a 6. Apr As many in the UK turn to the benefit, a new study of Northern Ireland claimants shows how it could be better implemented. Feb Exclusive: Salvation Army calls on government to make it easier for people to access the benefit. Now we will see the ordeals claimants face, says freelance journalist Daniel . Sep But the underlying problem with universal credit , partly acknowledged by Amber Rudd when she became the sixth work and pensions secretary . Nov More than a million households on universal credit – of everyone receiving the payments –are having their benefits cut to repay debts and . Jan It called for significant changes to the design of universal credit to make it fairer, more flexible and generous for the very poorest claimants, nearly . Feb Guardian Today: the headlines, the analysis, the debate - sent direct to you. Formally announcing the latest delay in parliament on . Plus: Life Drawing Live!

Nov After I revealed plans to deceive on universal credit , an investigation began. Its conclusions are shocking, says Guardian columnist Aditya . Nov A series of government ads extolling the virtues of universal credit and purporting to bust negative myths about the flagship Conservative . Apr The joint Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC study, which examined how tax credit claimants coped with the move, found. Jul The committee cites the case of a man with anxiety disorder who heard a radio advert for universal credit and assumed he had to make a claim . Oct Now, universal credit has been given another blow as Labour announced the system would be scrapped under a Jeremy Corbyn government. Jan The four single working mothers who took the government to court over the way that universal credit payments are calculated should be . How are they coping during the lockdown?

And can they survive on government support?