MPs yesterday grilled senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over concerns the government's reforms cannot be implemented.
DWP reforms include the implementation of the work programme, the universal credit and the universal state pension. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by Labour MP Margaret Hodge (pictured), questioned DWP permanent secretary Robert Devereaux and Jobcentre Plus financial director Mike Driver. Hodge said of the government's reform programme: "This feels like a train crash waiting to happen; there is too much going on." MPs asked how the DWP could make savings and still afford to implement a fast-paced overhaul of the welfare system. Defending the plans Devereaux said: "...
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