LONDON (CU)_The Labour party of the United Kingdom has long pledged to replace Universal Credit, the country’s social security payment system, which it described as an “inhuman and cruel system”. During the election campaign leading up to the 2019 General election, the party promised to scrap the scheme as part of a £3bn overhaul of social security. However, now it appears that the country’s opposition is likely to keep the system’s basic architecture and instead focus on making it more generous and less punitive.
Currently, the universal credit taper rate is set at…
