claimants

Advice NI says systemic failures are causing significant financial losses for disabled people transferring to Universal Credit.

The Committee will examine whether the policy assumptions reflected in the design of Universal Credit are appropriate for different groups of claimants. 

Currently, unless a medical professional signs a form saying the person has six months or less to live, claimants are forced through a laborious process of form-filling, interviews and assessments.

Child Poverty Action Group says the failure to ensure Universal Credit operates in a way that upholds basic legal duties is cause for serious concern.