Places for People and several other large housing associations have been in talks with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) about joint-working initiatives to smooth the roll-out of Universal Credit next year - including plans for landlords to act as "benefit verifiers", which would aim to reduce the workload for the department and speed up the processing of new claims.
In its written evidence submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee - which is examining the progress ...
