Money Box Live: Benefits - is the system too complex?
With Β£13bn unclaimed in benefits, Paul Lewis asks if the benefit system is too complex and how to improve take-up.
Is our welfare benefit system too complex? Billions of pounds go unclaimed every year by millions of people. So what can be done to improve benefit take-up so that the money reaches those who need it? And as the roll out of Universal Credit progresses, we find out how it's helping to simplify the system.
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Presenter: Paul Lewis
Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: Andrew Smith.
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