Universal credit and COVID-19 by Bennett, F

“…An anonymous civil servant was quoted in the press on 26 March as saying that the coronavirus crisis ‘could be the making of universal credit’. What has happened in recent months to universal credit (UC), which has been seen as the key answer in terms of benefits to difficulties during the COVID-19 crisis?…”

Universal credit: the gender impact by Bennett, F

“…<p>The government’s plans to introduce a new universal credit are intended to improve work incentives and simplify a complex benefits system, but may work against its duty to promote gender equality. …”

Uncharted territory: Universal credit, couples and money by Griffiths, R, Wood, M, Bennett, F, Millar, J

“…This report presents findings from the first phase of the ESRC-funded project, ‘Couples balancing work, money and care: exploring the shifting landscape under Universal Credit’ – a three-year longitudinal, qualitative research study which examines the ways in which couples with and without children make decisions about work, care and household finances in relation to changes under Universal Credit.…”

Universal Credit: Assumptions, contradictions and virtual reality by Millar, J, Bennett, F

“…This article examines two aspects of the design of Universal Credit: the aim to make Universal Credit as much ‘like work’ as possible; and the architecture of the means test. …”

Written evidence to Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry into Universal Credit by Bennett, F

Welfare conditionality, sanctions and homelessness: meanings made by homeless support workers by Kelly Veasey, Jonathan Parker

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How government sees couples on Universal Credit: a critical gender perspective by Bennett, F

“…Universal Credit is a fundamental reform of the UK’s social security system. …”

Evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Inquiry: Universal Credit and Domestic Abuse by Bennett, F

“It’s a £20 sort of thing”: the dehumanizing impacts of Universal Credit and the end of the ‘uplift’ by Sophie Negus

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Payment of Universal Credit for couples in the UK: challenges for reform from a gender perspective by Howard, M, Bennett, F

“…Universal Credit has been rolled out gradually in the United Kingdom since 2013 as one integrated means‐tested benefit replacing six different transfers with a single monthly payment. …”

Active labour market policy and active citizenship? Experiences of universal credit claimants with Jobcentre Plus by Leitch, AA

“…As such, the thesis asks the question ‘How do Universal Credit (UC) claimants experience consensuality in their dealings with Jobcentre Plus?’. …”

The continuing effects of welfare reform on food bank use in the UK: the roll-out of Universal Credit by Reeves, AS, Loopstra, R

“…In this paper we explore whether the recent rise in food bank usage in the UK has been induced by the roll-out of Universal Credit. We bring together official statistics on the introduction of Universal Credit with data on food bank usage from the UK’s largest food bank network. …”

Universal credit receipt among users of secondary mental health services: Findings from a novel data linkage by Sharon Stevelink, Matthew Hotopf, Ira Madan, Ava Phillips, Ray Leal, Nicola T Fear

“… Objectives People with mental disorders are likely to be overrepresented among Universal Credit (UC) recipients. Despite this, individual level data is lacking on mental disorder diagnosis by UC status, and the intersectionality of different socio-demographic characteristics. …”
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Exploring the health and sociodemographic characteristics of people seeking advice with claiming universal credit: a cross-sectional analysis of UK citizens advice data, 2017–2021 by Heather Brown, Huasheng Xiang, Mandy Cheetham, Steph Morris, Marcia Gibson, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Luke Aaron Munford, David Taylor-Robinson, Hannah Finney, Victoria Bartle, Andrew J Baxter, Sophie Wickham, Peter Craig, Clare Bambra

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“The reality is that on Universal Credit I cannot provide the recommended amount of fresh fruit and vegetables per day for my children”: Moving from a behavioural to a systemic understanding of food practices [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Kate E. Pickett, Katie J. Pybus, Bob Doherty, Maddy Power

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The impact of welfare reform in London - using benefits data to track the effect of government policies on employment outcomes by Giovanni Tonutti

“…The policies analysed are the benefit cap and the impact of Universal Credit on selfemployed households. Methods The project has gathered a sample of over 570,000 real households. …”
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Money matters: using qualitative research for policy influencing on gender and welfare reform by Bennett, F, Sung, S

“…The UK government has been considering the design and delivery of the proposed “universal credit”, the centerpiece of its welfare reforms. …”

From social security to state-sanctioned insecurity: how welfare reform mimics the commodification of labour through greater state intervention by Koch, I, Reeves, A

“…We investigate the system of Universal Credit (UC) in the United Kingdom as an example of conversion. …”

The impact of the direct payment of housing benefit: evidence from Great Britain by Hickman, P, Kemp, P, Reeve, K, Wilson, I

“…The most high profile of these is Universal Credit (UC), which is currently being rolled out across the country. …”

The idiosyncratic impact of an aggregate shock the distributional consequences of COVID-19 by Low, H, Benzeval, M, Burton, J, Crossley, T, Fisher, P, Jäckle, A, Read, B

“…ected are able to mitigate the impact of the economic shocks: universal credit protects those in the bottom quintile, for example. …”