labourpress:

Stephen Timms MP, Labour’s Acting Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, responding to the Resolution Foundation’s report on Universal Credit, said:

“Labour backs Universal Credit because we want to ensure work always pays within in a simpler and more efficient benefit system. But the Resolution Foundation’s report makes clear the government is in real danger of missing those aims.

“Four years after its launch, the government still hasn’t worked out how basic features of Universal Credit will work, from which families will get free school meals to who will receive cold weather payments.

“It’s time for the government to resolve the many unanswered questions within Universal Credit. Ministers should start by asking the National Audit Office to publish a quarterly report on Universal Credit to lift the veil of secrecy over value for money and management of this £12.8 billion programme.”

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