Synopsis
This final episode follows staff and claimants at Bolton Jobcentre. New claimant Paula is stunned to realise that she will only have £532 a month to live off until she has paid back her advances.
- Programme: Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State
- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2020
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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