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The Northampton food bank: Users often care as much about the advice as they do the supplies

Front line: Universal Credit rollout hits Northampton

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"We remain concerned that a lot of detail about the process remains unknown and will continue to be developed through a test and learn approach with real claimants"

Campaigners remain concerned about Universal Credit plans

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has cautiously welcomed the Government’s response to the recommendations made by the Social Security Advisory Committee

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Universal Credit is a stone-cold omnishambles

This disaster keeps on growing – we need a major rethink immediately

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Government’s response to Work and Pensions Committee’s recommendations ‘extremely disappointing’, say campaigners

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"There are countless other stories of people going without due to the bureaucratic blunders and opaque decision-making structure of Universal Credit"

Trapped in Universal Credit: How a broken leg left a woman starved of cash

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"Susan's problems go back more than a year and fall between government departments"

Tax credit debt – The Universal Credit problem nobody is talking about

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"This decision comes after a series of FOI requests from Slater which have resulted in the publication of documents that the DWP did not want to release."

DWP ordered to publish another set of secret Universal Credit docs

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"The centring of the 'principles' of Universal Credit contributes to a Westminster delusion about this dumpster fire."

The only way to fix Universal Credit is to scrap it altogether

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"For real change, Universal Credit doesn't need tinkering with - it needs a complete overhaul."

Changes to Universal Credit are welcome but they don’t go far enough

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Changes to universal credit announced – but do they go far enough?

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The DWP has repeatedly refused to release the documents

DWP fights to block publication of Universal Credit docs

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"The LITRG model aims to treat all self-employed people fairly and ensure greater parity with employed people earning similar amounts."

Report calls for changes to universal credit for the self-employed

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"The DWP again failed to give any estimate of how many children would be lifted out of poverty because of the introduction of Universal Credit

DWP quietly drops Universal Credit child poverty forecast

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"We heard over and over again that the principle behind the new benefit is to make sure that work always pays"

The Universal Credit debate showed just how out of touch Tory MPs are

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"Private landlords across the country are refusing to rent out properties to people who claim Universal Credit"

Private landlords turning away Universal Credit claimants in droves

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"The government has now confirmed that the new benefit will not be fully introduced in North Kensington until September 2018."

Rollout of Universal Credit in Grenfell area halted until 2018

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Universal Credit was Iain Duncan Smith's flagship project

Revealed: DWP fought to keep serious problems with Universal Credit secret

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Stephen Crabb replaced Iain Duncan Smith as the work and pensions secretary last month

Victory for campaigners as the DWP finally publishes long-awaited Universal Credit documents