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TOP Tories are "putting off” the disastrous consequences of Universal Credit by quietly delaying it in their own constituencies, Labour has warned.
Prime Minister Theresa May, Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke and former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith have excluded its roll-out in their seats for at least three months as part of changes quietly brought in following last week's Budget, Labour MP Stephanie Peacock revealed.
The delay will cover most of Maidenhead, Ashford, South West Hertfordshire and Chingford, and Woodford Green.
Plans to delay access to the universal credit health element until age 22 have triggered fierce opposition from disabled people’s groups, who warn it would deepen poverty and entrench discrimination against young disabled people under the guise of ‘encouraging work.’ DYLAN MURPHY reports
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