I think something needs to be done, particularly for the recently unemployed similar to what they do in Germany, Luxembourg etc
If you have a 30k job, mortgage, kid in nursery and car on the drive but lose your job with our system you are fucked. £90 a fortnight, car has to go back and the nursery fees can no longer be afforded - if that same person received 75% of salary for say 4 months that would give them the security to pay the mortgage, money for the nursery and allow them time to look for jobs and drive to interviews
That’s got to be better than going on UC?