Universal Credit Faces Challenges in Supporting Sick and Disabled Claimants, Says New Report

• Universal Credit rollout faces challenges of an older, sicker population according to new Resolution Foundation report • Number of benefit claimants out of work due to illness has nearly doubled since 2013 • Working families renting homes are better off under UC; disabled out-of-work claimants worse off • Reforms aim to get 200,000 more people into work through stricter tests and jobseeker support • UC entitlements projected at £86bn a year by 2028, £14bn less than keeping old system