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HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsI agree with the hon. Member. Opposition to the cut is truly universal, for those reasons. It includes MPs, charities, unions and six former Conservative Secretaries of State for…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsWill the hon. Member tell me how many households in his constituency are in receipt of universal credit? I am giving him a chance to put on the record how many of his constituents…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsMy hon. Friend is exactly right. The reduction of £20 a week for 6 million low-income families will be the single biggest overnight cut in the history of the welfare state—bigger…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsI beg to move, That this House calls on the Government to cancel its planned cut to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit which from the end of September 2021 will reduce…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsI have a lot of time for the right hon. Gentleman, as he knows, and he has been vocal in opposing the Government and we all have respect for that, but I must put a few things on…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsI have dealt with this intervention before—being involved in so many Finance Bills does give that experience—and that is false; a quick Google search will put the record straight…15 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis morning, during her television appearance, the Secretary of State said that a person could make up for the Government’s £20 a week cut in universal credit by working just two…13 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe figure is 10 extra hours a week, so the cut would force that person to work 50 hours a week in total to get what he or she is receiving now. That is why I have said that…13 Sept 2021HANSARDPensions UpdateI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement and for our telephone conversation this morning after the Cabinet meeting informing me that it would occur. I…07 Sept 2021HANSARDChild PovertyI would remind the Minister that universal credit is an in-work benefit and it is means-tested. If people do progress, they will not be eligible for that support, so it is not an…28 Jun 2021HANSARDChild PovertyIn-work poverty has hit a record high and the vast majority of the millions of children in poverty have working parents, but the Government’s response is to cut universal credit…28 Jun 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit UpliftSince 2010 poverty has risen significantly in all parts of the UK, so much so that, despite having a job, one in eight workers are living in poverty under this Conservative…17 May 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit UpliftI say to the Minister that work is the best route out of poverty but it has not been working for the last 11 years, and the evidence is there for all to see. Many disabled people…17 May 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the Secretary of State for her reply. I appreciate that that might not be information that she has to hand. Perhaps she could write to me with the specific figure…08 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe economic forecasts that accompanied last week’s Budget painted a challenging picture for the Department for Work and Pensions over the next few years. Forecasts are not always…08 Mar 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I am grateful to be called to close the second day of the Budget debate. Budget debates are, in my view, one of the very best parts of our parliamentary process. They are a chance…04 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI put it to the Secretary of State that she must give clarity to the millions of families this cut will affect. If she wished, she could give that reassurance now. I also ask for…25 Jan 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we have heard, last week this House voted that the Government should not proceed with the £1,000 cut to universal credit set to take place in April. That position is now…25 Jan 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditI beg to move, That this House believes that the Government should stop the planned cut in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit in April and give certainty today to the six…18 Jan 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that matter. The politics of the taper rate is one of the fundamental points in any welfare system. Under universal credit, the taper…18 Jan 2021