Thursday 30th January 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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The following is an extract from Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on 27 January 2020.
Neil Gray Portrait Neil Gray
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I am unsurprised that the Minister did not know the answer to that question because, in response to a freedom of information request from the Poverty Alliance, the Government said that they did not hold that information. Following on from the National Audit Office saying that there is no evidence that universal credit has any link to increased employment levels, we now know that the Government have done precisely nothing in an area in which MPs, expert charities, the Scottish Government and local authorities are screaming for change. Will this Minister encourage the UK Government to open their tin ears and fix universal credit?