Hated universal credit ‘will take 1,000 years to roll out’
TORY Iain Duncan Smith’s stalling universal credit scheme will take over a millennium to roll out at its current rate, Labour revealed yesterday.
The embarrassing calculation dealt another blow to the Work and Pensions Secretary as his flagship welfare policy is rolled out across Britain today.
Jobseeker’s allowance, tax credits, housing benefit and other means-tested welfare payments will be combined into one payment.
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