Responding to today’s (Thursday)
report by the National Audit Office, which says that the government’s new
Universal Credit Programme is wasting taxpayers’ money and is being poorly
implemented, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady (pictured, above) said:
“This report is a damning
indictment of what happens when one minister’s ill- thought out hobby horse
replaces proper policy development.
“The National Audit Office has
exposed what a mess the government is making of implementing Universal Credit,
which now appears to be a dysfunctional money pit.
“It beggars belief that minsters
still don’t know whether their IT will work nationally and that such huge sums
have been wasted on systems that aren’t fit for purpose.
“Instead of making up stats,
attacking claimants in genuine need and cutting back on budgets for managing
fraud, ministers should focus their energies on developing a modern welfare
system that provides proper support to those who need help. They are to blame
for this debacle not officials.”
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