'Vulnerable' claimants to get help

Updated
Lord Freud
Lord Freud

Ministers have announced plans to make special arrangements for benefit claimants who could be at risk of getting into greater financial difficulties under the coalition's flagship welfare reforms.


"Vulnerable" claimants will be able to get personalised help managing their affairs and may even be exempted from certain features of the new Universal Credit, which is being introduced to replace the current complicated array of different benefits.
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