Adversarial as well as means-tested, I should have said. The Universal Credit system is famously cruel in how it is designed. Not least it is paid in arrears a

Adversarial as well as means-tested, I should have said. The Universal Credit system is famously cruel in how it is designed. Not least it is paid in arrears and is designed to take 6 weeks to get the first (backdated) payment, by which time anyone who actually needs it is already likely to be overdrawn to the tune of a month's rent and utilities. https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/10/universal-credit-cruel-inefficient-counterproductive https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/10/universal-cre... https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/universal-credit-chaos-fear-and-preventable-deaths/ https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/universal-credit-chaos... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/universal-credit-system-whistleblower-benefits-poverty-suffering-vulnerable-claimants-hunger-chaos-theresa-may-a7998731.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/universal-cr... https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/government-benefit-sanctions-mp-report_uk_5be069b9e4b09d43e3215b7a https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/government-benefit-sa...