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UC rollout fuels fears of more delays and rent arrears

The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) planned rollout of Universal Credit (UC) ‘risks exacerbating’ existing problems, the Government has been warned.

The Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) planned rollout of Universal Credit (UC) ‘risks exacerbating' existing problems, the Government has been warned.

In a letter, the outgoing Commons Work and Pensions Committee highlighted a number of concerns it discovered as part of its UC inquiry, which was cut short by the dissolution of Parliament.

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