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3 January 2019

Those claiming the Universal Credit roll-out was well intentioned aren’t affected by it. My family was

My dad’s phone pings at 3:40am on a Sunday. “You need to read a message in your Universal Credit journal,” it says. 

By Jason Murugesu

There is a new headline bashing Universal Credit every day. If you are like me, you might read the headline, decide it is too depressing to click on, then find the latest story about what those drones at Gatwick were REALLY about.

I’ve never cared for politics. To me, it is pundits arguing over how clever someone’s heckle at Prime Minister’s Questions was, or people making unfunny memes from Newsnight clips. It’s my uncles debating whether Theresa May will last the year. I know it’s important, but I also find it dull and uninteresting.

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