IRRV Alert - week ending 8th May 2020
News
Consultations
Universal Credit, the labour market and disabled claimants support considered by Committee (7 May 2020)
Universal Credit, the labour market and disabled claimants support considered by Committee
07 May 2020
The Economic Affairs Committee holds its sixth evidence session on the economics of Universal Credit inquiry.
- Parliament TV: The economics of Universal Credit
- Inquiry: The economics of Universal Credit
- Economic Affairs Committee
Witnesses
Wednesday 13 May, virtual meeting
At 3.00pm
- Tony Wilson, Institute Director, Institute for Employment Studies
- Emma Stewart, CEO & Co-Founder, Timewise Foundation
At 4:00pm
- Evan Odell, Researcher, Disability Rights UK
- James Taylor, Executive Director of Strategy, Impact and Social Change, Scope
Likely questions
- How well do the original aims and objectives of Universal Credit fit with the contemporary labour market, particularly for low paid workers and those in insecure or irregular employment?
- To what extent is Universal Credit's in-work service able to prioritise job quality?
- What barriers do people who struggle to work full-time face under in-work progression?
- To what extent does Universal Credit require a more joined-up approach with the needs of employers? What sort of dialogue needs to happen?
- Is the work-first approach underlying Universal Credit an appropriate framework for disabled people?
- Does Universal Credit's design cause issues specific to disabled claimants?
- What effect have the cuts to Universal Credit's funding had on disabled claimants?
- How appropriate, and successful, is the conditionality regime when it is applied to people with disabilities?