Sentences with phrase «flagship welfare reform»

«This is more evidence of the chaos surrounding universal credit and it raises worrying questions about George Osborne's refusal to endorse his government's flagship welfare reform scheme,» Labour's shadow welfare minister Chris Bryant said today.

Work and Pensions Secretary Ian Duncan Smith has refuted claims by the National Audit Office that the government's flagship welfare reform plan has been badly managed and is «overambitious».

The government's flagship welfare reform - Universal Credit - is starting the next phase of its national launch but far more slowly than intended.

The BBC has learned that the overspend on the the governments flagship welfare reform programme could rise further, as # 162m has been invested on new hardware and software, in addition to the # 34m on IT systems.

Rarely have we seen such a multi-dimensional meltdown as the roll - out of the government's flagship welfare reform.

The government's flagship welfare reform has been badly managed, is «overambitious» and poor value for money, the spending watchdog has said.

Theresa May has met with Conservative MPs threatening to rebel over the Government's flagship welfare reforms in a bid to avert a public showdown in the House of Commons.

Not exact matches

A former minister for welfare reform has criticised one of Gordon Brown's flagship policies on unemployment.