A rock and a hard place: the Universal Credit frontline

Insight12.12.187.00 AM by Gavriel Hollander

Universal Credit was meant to simplify the welfare system and give people control over their finances. But in one London borough,Gavriel Hollander finds the reality is very different. Photography by Tim Foster

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