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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"I have a lot of respect for the right hon. Lady, but to claim that the financial crisis was anything other than a consequence of a crash that started on Wall Street is the biggest distortion of history that we listen to in this country...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"The right hon. Lady’s party wanted us to regulate the banks and the financial services sector less than under the regulatory system we had in place. It committed to matching our spending and borrowing and did not want us to rescue the banks. Imagine if that prescription had been followed …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"I am not giving way again to the right hon. Lady. Far from being the party of economic competence, hers is the party of economic chaos.

To be clear, the policies we are opposing today are neither necessary nor acceptable in a civilised society; they are political choices made by …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"The hon. Gentleman entirely misses the point. Of course I believe that the result of the referendum must be respected; I question the motive for the referendum in the first place. It was David Cameron’s folly—that is how history will remember him—and was done in the interests of the Conservative …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"I simply say—I think that history will bear this out—that it was done purely to keep the Conservative party together and to get through a general election. It had nothing to do with the national interest and everything to do with the arrogance of the then Prime Minister and Chancellor …..."
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Written Question
Universal Credit: Payments
Monday 29th January 2018

Asked by: Ivan Lewis (Independent - Bury South)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the time taken to make payments of universal credit.

Answered by Lord Sharma

From February 2018, the seven-day waiting period will be removed for all new Universal Credit claimants. This means that no claimant should wait longer than five weeks to receive their first Universal Credit payment.

DWP has also improved the Universal Credit advances process. Claimants who require support can now get an advance of up to 100 per cent of their expected monthly entitlement while they wait for their first payment. This effectively removes the wait until their first payment altogether.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Supported Housing

"The Prime Minister’s announcement that the Government will not apply the local housing allowance cap to supported housing is a welcome U-turn. The proposed changes would have been detrimental to hundreds of thousands of people across the country. This is a victory for the housing sector, the Labour Front Bench …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Supported Housing

"This is not the place to repeat fake news. That was not the record of the last Labour Government. The reality is that rough sleeping was a consequence of the Thatcher years, which left a deeply divided and damaged society in this country. I see the consequences of that in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jul 2017
State Pension Age for Women

"It is really good to see my hon. Friend back in good health; I think everyone here would agree. Does he agree that if the Government can find £1 billion to prop themselves up, they can find the money for these women who have contributed to their families, our communities …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Housing Benefits (18 to 21-year-olds)

"Last Thursday, as part of the work I am doing on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham) on homelessness in Greater Manchester, I went around the streets of the city centre of Manchester and was shocked to see the risk that young people face …..."
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