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Neil Couling

@NeilCouling

Director General DWP Services & Fraud. Former Senior Responsible Owner for the implementation of Universal Credit (Oct 2014-March 2025)

Great Britain Katılım Mayıs 2015
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Resolution Foundation@resfoundation·
In some respects, Universal Credit has worked as intended. The system has successfuly reduced very high marginal effective tax rates and participation tax rates ⤵️
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Patrick Hughes@Salientwork·
So sad to hear of the passing of the wonderful Sarah Anderson. A great non-exec in the world of employability support in both Jobcentreplus and the Employment Service. We could do with more of her like. ⁦@NeilCoulingtheguardian.com/society/2026/j…
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
@rearend52 DM me some cases. We are clearing them as part of the plan, but I don’t mind checking all is in hand
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
On the fifteenth anniversary of the publication of the #UniversalCredit White Paper the latest stats on the final phase of its implementation. Nearly there Move to Universal Credit, July 2022 to end September 2025 - GOV.UK gov.uk/government/sta…
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
@rearend52 There’s no “huge backlog” but we are working through cases who have asked whether they qualify for SDP so any transition includes that in calculations at the point of a move. Will all be done in ti,e for closing ESA in March
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 35) (Abolition of Benefits) Order 2025 - legislation that closes Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance from April 2026 as part of the move to complete the implementation of #UniversalCredit. legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1148…
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
@paulapeters2 @johnpringdns @1kilroywashere @BadPutty @InclusionLondon Doesn’t impact. Just prevents a switch between different types of ESA from the end of November. Some claimants have the same entitlement to contributory ESA and income-related so can switch. This commencement order prevents that so that benefits aren’t inadvertently interrupted.
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
@paulapeters2 @johnpringdns @1kilroywashere @BadPutty @InclusionLondon This stops people on New Style (CB) ESA reverting back to income-related ESA after November. Obviously they can make a claim for UC from then. All part of closing down income related ESA by end of March 2026 as planned. Otherwise people might try to revert days before ESA closes
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Department for Work and Pensions
If you get a text about the "Winter Fuel Payment" or the "Winter Fuel Allowance", it is a scam Winter Fuel Payments are automatic, you do not need to do anything Report suspicious texts at stopthinkfraud.campaign.gov.uk
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
@gmorgan_ferret Well it took a year to prepare, on a much smaller caseload. I’m glad we all now have happy memories, I do remember lots of challenges about TP calculations and I still wake up in a cold sweat some nights puzzling about how to handle the Housing Benefit Supplement cases crossover
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Gareth Morgan@gmorgan_ferret·
@NeilCouling And did it overnight without problems. We did the same with our benefits calculators.
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
Then we converted the entire Supplementary Benefits caseload by hand, calculating Transitional protection on paper sheets with calculators. We arranged for some computer support for the move to #UniversalCredit. I don’t think anyone missed doing manual calculations!
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Neil Couling@NeilCouling·
I was in Belfast yesterday for the closure of DfC’s UC Programme (and what a great job colleagues there have done implementing UC). Sadly Sammy the seagull wasn’t there but I did meet a handful of people, like me, who were around for the implementation of IS on 11 April 1988.
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