{"id":2395,"date":"2016-02-05T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T11:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:50:00","slug":"universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2016\/02\/05\/universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal credit \u2013 does anyone benefit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifs.org.uk\/publications\/8135\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">IFS has conducted an economic analysis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> into the impact finding tha<\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000000\">t <\/span><\/b><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">it \u2018will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for couples to have one person in work (rather than none or two).\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">For background see the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/universal-credit\/overview\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">UK government official website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> . It includes this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/2010-to-2015-government-policy-welfare-reform\/2010-to-2015-government-policy-welfare-reform\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">useful paper on welfare reform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> and\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/403546\/Universal_Credit_estimating_the_early_labour_market_impacts_-_ad_hoc_19.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">some analysis of impact<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">For commentary from other organisations useful starting points include: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrf.org.uk\/income-benefits\/universal-credit\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Joseph Rowntree foundation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Early <\/span>assessments include:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-weight: normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.learningandwork.org.uk\/publications\/making-work-pay-london-under-universal-credit\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">this report on the possible impact from Inclusion<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-weight: normal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\/documents\/10180\/5863529\/L14-297+%28with+slight+correction+on+31+07+14%29%20Local+Government+and+Universal+Credit_web.pdf\/6f6e2ce4-b085-4ad3-9919-3b14b4a49591\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Local Government Association review of 2014 pilots<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-weight: normal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smf.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Publication-Sink-or-Swim-The-impact-of-Universal-Credit.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Social Market Foundation 2012<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding that it \u2018will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for couples to have one person in work (rather than none or two).\u2019 For background see the UK government official website . 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