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HANSARDCarers: SupportAs a lifelong champion of unpaid family carers, I am proud that the first Labour Government in 14 years have given unpaid carers the biggest ever cash boost to the amount they can…11 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Figures from the Department that the right hon. Gentleman used to be responsible for show clearly that 700,000 more children now live in relative poverty after housing costs. Does…04 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)The first Labour Budget in 14 years—the first ever Budget delivered by a woman Chancellor—shows the difference that this Labour Government are already making. We are fixing the…04 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. The technology we will put in place will be precisely so that we drive down not only fraud but errors in the system. He will know, for…04 Nov 2024HANSARDState Pension and Benefit RatesI have concluded my statutory annual review of state pension and benefit rates under the Social Security Administration Act 1992. The new rates will apply in the tax year 2025-26…30 Oct 2024HANSARDTackling Child PovertyToday, the Secretary of State for Education, my right hon. Friend the Member for Houghton and Sunderland South (Bridget Phillipson) and I are pleased to announce that we are…23 Oct 2024HANSARDCarer’s Allowance Overpayments: Independent ReviewI would like to advise the House of my intention to bring forward an independent review into the issue of overpayments of carer’s allowance, in cases where earnings have exceeded…16 Oct 2024HANSARDFraud, Error and Debt BillI would like to advise the House that the Government will bring forward a new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill in this Parliamentary session to be tough on criminals, fair for claimants…08 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I met representatives of the WASPI campaign before this Government were elected. My hon. Friend the Minister for Pensions was the first…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to share the data: there are 200,000 more pensioners living in poverty after 14 years of Conservative government. I am also very happy to publish information…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnder the previous Government, we had the highest taxes in 70 years, and jobcentres to which only one in six employers ever went to recruit. We will transform our jobcentres into…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises an extremely important question, which I have discussed with a hospice and other organisations such as Marie Curie and Sue Ryder in my own constituency. I…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has raised these issues with me before, and I will absolutely meet children, families and child poverty organisations from her constituency. We aim to visit every…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is not true. The Conservative Government did not even allow the Office for Budget Responsibility to do an analysis of Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-Budget and sat on 31…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am determined to put transparency at the heart of the DWP, so I have today published 31 reports that were sat on by the previous Government—something that my right hon. Friend…07 Oct 2024HANSARDChild PovertyYes, we have already met Kim McGuinness, on 19 September, when she set out the actions she is already taking. Let me say to Members on both sides of the House that our strategy…07 Oct 2024HANSARDChild Poverty TaskforceI am under no illusion about the impact 14 years of the Conservatives and the social security system has had on child poverty. That is why we are determined to take action across…07 Oct 2024HANSARDChild Poverty TaskforceMy hon. Friend makes a very important point about learning the lessons from the last time we were in government and lifted more than 600,000 children out of poverty, and looking…07 Oct 2024HANSARDChild PovertyThe last Labour Government lifted 600,000 children out of poverty. Under the Conservatives, the number went up by 700,000. There are now more than 4 million children living in…07 Oct 2024HANSARDChild Poverty TaskforceTackling child poverty is a top priority for the new Government, and a personal priority for me. Children cannot fulfil their potential without food in their belly or a decent…07 Oct 2024