Iain Duncan Smith declared this morning that “nobody will be worse off” under Universal Credit.
That is quite a claim, particularly given 1.7m households will lose out, at least in terms of their notional entitlement to benefit.
He was referring, of course, to the protection that will be provided so no family loses in cash terms at the point of transition.
This promise is both the midwife to this dramatic reform plan, and one of the most tricky measures to implement.
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