Universal Credit bad for people's health - academics

By Dan Peters | 15 November 2018

Universal Credit (UC) is bad for health and wellbeing, academics have found in a new study commissioned by Gateshead MBC.

The research found that people claiming UC were being forced into debt, rent arrears and extreme hardship, with serious consequences for their health and wellbeing.

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