by Chris Rogers | 7 Nov 2013 | Welfare
MPs on the influential Public Accounts Committee have criticised the Department for Work and Pensions for failures to the Universal Credit Scheme which have cost at least £140 million of public money. MPs also voiced doubts about whether the project can still be fully...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Sep 2013 | Welfare
Spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the implementation of the Government’s Universal Credit welfare reforms, which it claims have “not achieved value for money”. In a damning report the NAO said the policy was overambitious, had been...