Claim: Universal Credit will mean 200,000 more people will be in work when it's fully rolled-out.
Fact-check: 200,000 more people in work under Universal Credit? The government can't know the answer - Full Fact
Verdict: that's according to the government's own estimate, but it's subject to significant doubt. it's also currently unprovable: the national audit office says "the department will never be able to measure whether universal credit actually leads to 200,000 more people in work".
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2018-10-12T00:00:00