Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd
TORY Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd is delaying the full roll-out of the dysfunctional universal credit scheme in the face of mounting criticism.
Parliament was poised to decide whether to move millions of benefit claimants onto universal credit.
However, the crucial vote has been kicked down the line and MPs will now only be asked to vote on shifting 10,000 people over to the new scheme.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
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