Obvious failures in the government’s welfare policy can’t be glossed over with an ad campaign, say Garry Lemon and Paul Nicolson
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Universal credit doesn’t need a PR campaign (Coming soon: the great universal credit deception, 15 May). Instead of wasting time and resources on spin, the Department for Work and Pensions should tackle the reasons why so many of the people who most need its help are being forced to food banks after moving on to the new benefit.
Food banks gave out 1.6m parcels last year – and our data shows almost half of referrals made due to a delay in benefits being paid were linked to universal credit. This isn’t right. Our benefits system should be anchoring people from poverty, not pushing them to a food bank.
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