Heidi Allen led Tory demands for reform to Universal Credit Pressure is piling on Theresa May to reform Universal Credit rules as Conservative backbenchers queued up to demand changes to the government’s flagship welfare reform.
Conservatives joined opposition MPs to call for the initial wait for payments to be cut from six to four weeks.
Critics have protested that the delay is leaving families depending on loans and foodbanks to pay their rent and other bills.A Commons motion calling for the reduction, tabled by the all-party work and pension select committee, was carried unanimously after Tories abstained en masse.The vote was […]
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