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TUC - Universal Credit in danger of failing to deliver on key objectives, report warns

Universal Credit - the government's new single benefit payment - is in danger of failing to deliver on its key objectives, according to a new report published today (Tuesday) by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the TUC.

The report says that although Universal Credit will improve some aspects of the benefits system, its ability to lift families out of poverty and remove barriers to working will be severely undermined by the government's wider tax credit and benefit changes - with nine in ten families gaining nothing overall from its introduction.

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