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Twelve Tory MPs have signed a letter to Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke, including Andrew Selous, former aide to universal credit architect Iain Duncan Smith.
Mr Duncan Smith’s “big idea” rolls six benefits into one, but Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data show that 42 per cent of families are in arrears due the length of time it takes to get payments, stoppages or errors in the system.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams said: “Labour is again calling on the government to halt the roll-out of universal credit and remove the punitive elements of the programme."
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
