Comment by bell-cot

Yes, however...

Notice the wording of that researcher's quote - they are trying to understand things about cash transfers. He does not say that they're doing cash transfers.

And:

> The other half will get additional help from Greater Change, whose support workers will discuss their financial problems then pay for items such as rent deposits, outstanding debts, work equipment, white goods, furniture or new clothes. They do not make direct transfers to avoid benefits being stopped due to a cash influx.

SO - however deceitful The Guardian is being, I'd credit the researchers with honesty here. They're running an imperfect-but-legal experiment, with the gov't's okay & funding, as a work-around for the gov't own bureaucratic rules on cash income reducing benefits.