In response to government discussion around cutting the 0.7% foreign aid budget, Will discusses its relevance for today, and for the gospel. Few government departments are subject to such rigorous scrutiny over their spending as the Department for International Development (DfID). Nevertheless, …
Budget
2 Minute Briefing: Will money fix Universal Credit?
Is the Budget enough to save Universal Credit? The budget delivered two tranches of extra money for Universal Credit (UC) - £1.7bn to improve Work Allowances and £1bn to help people moving onto UC from the old system. While the numbers are large they are not sufficient to reverse even the 2015 …