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edscoble in reply to @JWestland

Why are half of Universal Credit claimants working?

That’s not a problem.

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JWestland in reply to @edscoble

It is technically a benefit, people often think "benefits is for the lazy".

If it's a problem, that depends on who you ask... The Economist (I know) think this is bad, because it lets companies get away with underpaying people / have jobs that make no economic sense.

But I am not so sure wages will go up in all cases, some people can only work part-time, do you rather have them not work at all?

I am just not sure, as I don't know how UC is distributed over what jobs, I know I had working tax credits years ago before I got my degree and I doubt I would automatically be paid more if those didn't exist.

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hugo7 in reply to @JWestland

have jobs that make no economic sense.

This is an interesting point.

What would the work landscape look like if all business had to make up the short fall. Which would survive? What would the increase in cost of goods/services be?

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