Notional capital in UC: a real imagination

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(For subscribers) Martin Williams discusses the rules under which universal credit (UC) claimants can be treated as possessing capital which they no longer have.

Issue: Issue 310 (February 2026)

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Notional capital in UC: a real imagination

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