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>The purpose of universal credit was not to solve any particular problem - it was to give conservative politicians something to say when their voters demanded s
by M2Ys4U 7y ago
>The purpose of universal credit was not to solve any particular problem - it was to give conservative politicians something to say when their voters demanded something must be done [about people on benefits].
It's both.
The idea of Universal Credit is a good one - it rationalised dozens of benefits into one programme.
Unfortunately the implementation is - because Tories - a terrible system that causes more problems than it solves.
- 113 7y agoBut no one involved in creating universal credit did so for any other reason than as an excuse to cut the number of people who are eligible.