By rewarding work more than 200,000 people have come off Housing Benefits altogether.
The Prime Minister’s former speechwriter is far from the only one who worries the policy isn’t working well in practice.
A double-talking, flip-flopping, party of spendthrifts will aggravate – not salve – public mistrust of the political class.
We need to look at the write-off threshold more than the repayment threshold or bottom line fees to make a difference that young graduates can relate to.