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The government plans to redesign entirely the system of means-tested benefits and tax credits for working-age adults by replacing them all with a single benefit, known as Universal Credit, to be administered by the Department for Work and Pensions. This Briefing Note analyses Universal Credit as set out in the government's White Paper, Universal Credit: Welfare that Works. A Welfare Reform Bill is due to be published later in January 2011, and this should contain more details of how Universal Credit will operate.
Authors
Mike Brewer
James Browne
Research Associate
Wenchao is an Assistant Professor at the University of Sussex and an IFS Research Associate.
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- DOI
- 10.1920/bn.ifs.2011.00116
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
M, Brewer and J, Browne and W, Jin. (2011). Universal Credit: a preliminary analysis. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/universal-credit-preliminary-analysis-0 (accessed: 25 April 2024).
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