UNIVERSAL Credit’s rollout has been delayed yet again – until 2024.
The troubled six-in-one benefits system was scheduled to be completed by 2023, but it’s been hit by repeated setbacks.
The date that everyone is expected to be on benefits will be pushed back by nine months until 2024, the DWP said today.
But no one is expected to lose money as a result of the move.
Minister for Welfare Delivery Will Quince said earlier: Universal Credit is the biggest change to the welfare system in a generation, bringing together six overlapping benefits into one monthly payment and offering support to some of the most vulnerable people in society.
It is right that we revisit our forecasts and plan, and re-plan accordingly – ensuring that the process is working well for people on benefits.
Claimants will not lose money due to this forecasting change.
