News Daily: Crucial 48 hours for Brexit, and universal credit delay

Ministers are planning to delay further the rollout of universal credit. The new system - which will merge six benefits into one payment - has been beset with administrative problems. Leaked documents seen by the BBC also reveal proposals to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to try to prevent claimants' hardship when they move on to universal credit.
It was supposed to be up and running by April last year, but is now not expected to be fully operational until December 2023. BBC Reality Check asks what universal credit is, and what the problems are.