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<p>The Department is committed to supporting people into work and Universal Credit
supports those claimants who can work and cares for those who cannot, while being
fair to the taxpayer. We know that claimants on Universal Credit move into work faster
and spend more time looking for work than on legacy benefits and the Universal Credit
Full Service Claimant Survey shows that 9 months into a Universal Credit claim 40
per cent of claimants are working for an employer in a paid role, as opposed to only
23 per cent at the start of their claim. This is because Universal Credit is designed
to strengthen incentives to move into and progress in work by scrapping the ‘cliff-edges’
of the legacy system, which penalised people for working more than 16 hours a week
and providing more help with childcare costs.</p>
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