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A RARE joint meeting of MPs and Lords will quiz the government on Tuesday on its failure to reform universal credit (UC), which does not provide a “dependable safety net” for working people.
The House of Commons work and pensions committee and the House of Lords economic affairs committee will question Welfare Minister Will Quince after the government gave a “disappointing” response to their reports on UC, which is supposed to help the poorest with living costs.
He will be joined by Neil Couling, head of UC at the Department for Work and Pensions.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
