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Channel 4 - 30 minutes

Universal Credit is the new benefit system, meant to save money and make it easier for welfare claimants to return to work. But claimants and benefits staff involved in the Warrington pilot tell Dispatches the new system isn't working.

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REPORTER / LIZ MACKEAN
UNDERCOVER REPORTER / KARL ERIKSSON
CAMERA / PHIL PUTNAM SPENCER
RESEARCHER / KATIE ARNOLD
ASSISTANT PRODUCERS / JESSICA BELL,

SUNNY KANG & LYNDSAY ROWAN
EDITOR / BRENDAN McCARTHY
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS / STEVE BOULTON & MIKE LEWIS
PRODUCER DIRECTORS / JANE DRINKWATER & SARAH HEY