According to a report by the Chartered Institute of Housing, Universal Credit will deliver improvements on the current system but not all low-earning working households will really be better off e.g.:
- Lone parents with one, two or three children
- Most two child families with a single earner (either a loneparent or in a couple) who earns less than the living wage
- Couples with three children if their earned income is less than £300 per week
Making work pay: Universal credit & low income working households