Government’s progress towards implementation of Universal Credit

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The Work and Pensions Committee will next week hold the first evidence session in its Universal Credit inquiry.

Witnesses

At 9.30am, Wednesday 5 September 2012, Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Cllr Sir Merrick Cockell, Chairman and Cllr Catherine West, (Islington Council), Local Government Association
Gavin Smart, Director of Policy and Practice, Chartered Institute of Housing
Pete Challis, National Officer (Local Government and Housing), Unison

At 10.30am

Professor Mike Brewer, Research Fellow and James Browne, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Tony Wilson, Director of Policy and Research, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
Fran Bennett, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Social Policy, Women’s Budget Group