A Westminster committee is the latest organisation to condemn the UK Government’s flagship welfare reform, Universal Credit. In a recent report, the Public Accounts Committee (a select committee of MPs which scrutinises government spending) says the rollout of Universal Credit by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is leading to increased debt, rent arrears and food bank use. Public Accounts Committee Chair Meg Millier MP said: “This report provides further damning evidence of a culture of indifference at DWP – a Department disturbingly adrift from the real-world problems of the people it is there to support. Since the Department … Continue reading Universal Credit: DWP “culture of indifference” claim Public Accounts Committee