The disastrous roll-out of the UK's digital welfare system is harming those most in need

Expand Campaigners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London supporting the legal challenge against the Government's Universal Credit welfare scheme.  © 2019 Stefan Rousseau/Press Association via AP Images The UK government has embarked on an ambitious strategy to digitise and automate the delivery of welfare services, but misplaced reliance on these technologies is threatening to further unravel the social safety net. Last month, the United Nations expert on poverty and human rights and Human Rights Watch published their respective findings on the state of poverty in the UK, documenting…

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