Stop Universal Credit.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Universal Credit was designed to replace the current benefit system. It is not working. Each week, more and more people are being pushed into poverty and homelessness. Universal Credit is having a negative impact on the mental health of benefit claimants and must be stopped to prevent further harm.

The National Audit Office, which oversees government spending, said that the universal credit programme was "driven by an ambitious timescale" and that it had suffered from "weak management, ineffective control and poor governance".

Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey told the BBC: "I have said we made tough decisions and some people will be worse off."

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Change universal credit back to the previous benefit system that worked

Timeline

16 Oct 2018	Petition opened for signatures
24 Oct 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Oct 2018

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