Panorama · SEASON 66
The Universal Credit Crisis
Episode 37 · 2018-11-12

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
As the government's controversial new benefits system, universal credit, is rolled out, Panorama is with families as they struggle with their claims. The programme follows one council as it deals with mounting rent arrears and tenants in crisis. The government has responded to criticism of the new system by announcing more funding, but is it too little too late?
Season 66 episodes
1. Millionaire Bankrupts Exposed2018-01-22
2. Trump Voters: One Year On2018-01-15
3. White Fright: Divided Britain2018-01-22
4. Addicted: Last Chance Mums2018-01-29
5. Who Wants to Be a Bitcoin Millionaire?2018-02-05
6. Evicted for No Reason2018-02-12
7. Weinstein: The Inside Story2018-03-01
8. Immigration: Who Should We Let in?2018-03-07
9. Taking on Putin2018-03-14
10. Britain's Equal Pay Scandal2018-03-19
11. North Korea's Secret Slave Gangs2018-04-16
12. Gangsters' Dirty Money Exposed2018-04-23
13. Getting a Fair Trial?2018-04-30
14. Hacked: Smart Home Secrets2018-05-14
15. Police Under Pressure2018-05-16
16. Grenfell: Who Is to Blame?2018-05-21
17. Last Chance for Justice2018-05-30
18. Tessa Jowell: Her Last Campaign2018-06-04
19. Putin's Russia with David Dimbleby2018-06-13
20. Exposed: Northern Dreams, Failed Schemes2018-06-27
21. Smartphones: The Dark Side2018-07-04
22. Trump: Is the President a Sex Pest?2018-07-09
23. Fighting for my Child2018-07-16
24. The Fake Murder that Fooled the World2018-07-23
25. Get Rich or Die Young2018-07-30
26. Online Doctors Uncovered2018-08-06
27. Doctors on Trial2018-08-13
28. Legal Weapon2018-08-20
29. Murder on the Streets2018-09-03
30. Profits before Pupils? The Academies Scandal2018-09-10
31. Inside No 10: Deal or No Deal?2018-09-17
32. Kids in Crisis2018-09-24
33. Can Violent Men Change?2018-10-08
34. Syria's Chemical War2018-10-15
35. Trapped by My Mortgage2018-10-22
36. Trump: What Next?2018-11-05
37. The Universal Credit Crisis2018-11-12
38. Catfish: The Billion Pound Romance Scam2018-11-19
39. Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack: The Inside Story2018-11-22
40. The Great Implant Scandal2018-11-26
41. Ripped Off? Join The Club2018-12-03
42. Takeaway Secrets Exposed2018-12-10
43. HS2: Going off the Rails?2018-12-17