Universal Credit was supposed to help those out of work not force families to food banks

Seven years of Tory tampering with the welfare state has shredded the vital safety net which worked for so long, leaving it no longer fit for purpose

Jenny Jones, a science supply teacher, sounds desolate. “I’m going to have to give up teaching,” she says. “I just can’t believe I’ll have to leave something I love and trained so long for.”

The reason? Universal Credit . The government flagship welfare change that was supposed to help people on low incomes move in and out of work.

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