Simplifying the welfare system and making sure work pays
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Many people on benefits believe that the financial risks of moving into work are too great. For some, the gains from work, particularly if they work part-time, are small, and any gain can easily be cancelled out by costs such as transport.
The Government believes that the current system is too complex and there are insufficient incentives to encourage people on benefits to start paid work or increase their hours.
We are aiming to make the benefit system fairer and more affordable to help reduce poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency and to reduce levels of fraud and error.
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We are reforming the welfare system to help more people to move into and progress in work, while supporting the most vulnerable.
Introducing Universal Credit
We are introducing Universal Credit in 2013 for people who are looking for work or on a low income. Universal Credit brings together a range of working-age benefits into a single payment. It will:
- encourage people on benefits ...
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