My final (borrowed) words to the #UniversalCredit Programme which finishes today. Intended affectionately as thanks to all. As the Major Projects Learning Academy teaches, all projects are temporary organisations and so end. (Plus a dash of mythodrama for MPLA alumni everywhere)

Tomorrow is the last day of entitlement to tax credits, which are fully replaced by #UniversalCredit from Sunday. This report from IFS worth a look (and mentions improved work incentives from UC compared to tax credits). ifs.org.uk/articles/how-d…

Universal credit removed the very weakest work incentives faced by workers. Fewer claimants face big cliff-edges in benefit entitlement, or situations where they are no better off by increasing their earnings. But these problems have not been eliminated entirely.

Out Today: Universal Credit statistics to 13 March 2025 on Stat-Xplore. Statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit by geography, age, conditionality regime, duration, employment and ethnicity bit.ly/4lnlHb8

Do consider coming along to Institute for Government event: "From disaster to completion: what can government learn from the Universal Credit story?" Looking forward to discussing UC with Neil Couling, Jill Rutter, and Tom Loosemore

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#UniversalCredit - How the move to Universal Credit worked for one family | The Sun thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/34…

#UniversalCredit - How the move to Universal Credit worked for one family | The Sun thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/34…

My thanks to the IfG for putting on this event to learn the lessons from the successful implementation of #UniversalCredit. From disaster to completion: What can government learn from the Universal Credit story? | Institute for Government instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/governme…

Grateful to the many colleagues who took this work from an idea to this scale. Some great project and commercial management and then delivery by operations. With some impressive results. civilserviceworld.com/professions/ar…

I wasn’t planning to comment but treating existing claimants differently to new claimants when making changes to social security is very common. Can feature as protecting levels or staying under old rules - examples, abolition of SDA in 2001, intro LHA in 2008, abolition WCA 2017