Design and implementation
The original policy aims of UC were to-
encourage people on benefits to start paid work or increase their hours by making sure work pays,
make it easier for people to manage the move into work;
simplify the system making it easier for people to understand and easier and cheaper for the government to administer;
reduce the number of people in work and living in poverty; and
reduce fraud and error.1Department for Work and Pensions. (2015, May 8). 2010 to 2015 government policy: welfare reform.