the great universal credit rip off

They have set the regulations for Universal Credit to ensure that if a household has two people at work, the taper rate – the amount of Universal Credit withdrawn as earnings increase – is greater than under the current system of tax credits.

It means the minority Conservative government is intentionally making sure that working families take home less money under the new system.

http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2017/09/15/the-great-universal-credit-rip-off-tories-are-using-it-to-impoverish-workers/

Does the faster roll out mean that UC for couples in my area will happen before March 2018?

Absolut wrote:Does the faster roll out mean that UC for couples in my area will happen before March 2018?

The folks over on Rightsnet feel confident this tool is up to date:

Daphne @rightsnet wrote:Our postcode checker tool - universalcreditinfo.net is kept fully up-to-date and we try and get the new postcodes on within a day of the regulations coming out…

https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/11674/

Thank you for the link.