Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said that some of the 20,000 Housing Benefit staff under threat by the forthcoming Universal Credit (UC) system could be found new roles dealing with Council Tax Benefit, which is due to change in April 2013.Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne raised his concerns about the jobs during a Commons debate yesterday. The implementation of UC will see six income-based benefits brought 'in-house' at the Department for Works and Pensions (...
