Labour has rowed back on plans to completely overhaul universal credit and instead pledged to introduce reforms to simplify it ➡️ Sir Keir Starmer previously said his party intended to scrap the benefit system altogether 🔴 ChaplainChloe
Sir Keir Starmer previously said his party intended to scrap the benefit system altogether and replace it with something new.
But in recent months Labour has subtly shifted its position – arguing the overall concept of combining different benefits together into one was a good one.understands there is no appetite to return to the complex legacy welfare system and party insiders argue the benefit is essentially a “computer system” that can be tweaked to iron out policies that are not working.
The party is consulting with charities and think-tanks to prepare improvements – with the plan to “hit the ground running” in the event of an election win.Mr Ashworth would not say whether he could commit to implementing welfare reforms within the first years of a Labour governmentAsked what his plan for universal credit was, he said: “Towards the end of the last Labour government we were looking for a way to combine those different benefits together.
He said problems with the system were the “inadequate” levels of support, complexity and delays in payments and said Labour wanted to simplify the system to better incentivise people moving work and ensure larger families are not penalised.
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