People applying for Universal Credit need help now, the government should turn advances into non-repayable grants – Margaret Greenwod responds to news 950,000 have applied for Universal Credit in the last two weeks
Responding to news that 950,000 people have applied for Universal Credit in the last two weeks, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Margaret Greenwood MP said: "The number ...
Universal Credit system is chaotic and payments too low – Greenwood
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to reports that people are facing difficulties accessing Universal Credit, said: "Unprecedented numbers of working people are having to access the social security system for the very first time ...
Child Poverty Action Group should be a wake-up call to the Government about the impact of Universal Credit and cuts to social security
...he same period, said: "This study by the Child Poverty Action Group should act as a wake-up call to the Government about the impact that Universal Credit and Conservative cuts to social security such as the two-child limit have had on families over the last decade. "Governm...
Prime Minister’s claims about Universal Credit getting people into work simply wrong – Margaret Greenwood
...ponding to the news from UK Statistics Authority which confirmed the Prime Minister’s claim about the number of people in work because of Universal Credit was false, said: “The Prime Minister’s claim that Universal Credit has succeeded in getting 200,000 people into work...
“Reckless” – Margaret Greenwood responds to the Resolution Foundation’s Universal Credit report
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the Resolution Foundation’s report on the roll out of Universal Credit, said: “This report carefully documents how the Conservatives’ key social security policy, Universal Credit, is fail...
Full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s Speech on Labour’s British Broadband announcement
...very part of our country, for free – as a universal public service.
And once it’s ...
Government chose to waste thousands of pounds on misleading ads about Universal Credit – Margaret Greenwood
...ecretary, responding to the news that a complaint made to the Advertising Standards Authority about the Department for Work and Pensions’ Universal Credit advertising campaign will be upheld, said: “It is shameful that this Conservative government chose to waste thousands ...
Government chose to waste thousands of pounds on misleading ads about Universal Credit – Margaret Greenwood
...ecretary, responding to the news that a complaint made to the Advertising Standards Authority about the Department for Work and Pensions’ Universal Credit advertising campaign will be upheld, said: “It is shameful that this Conservative government chose to waste thousands ...
Corbyn promises huge step towards “truly universal” health service
...nds Notes to Editors Watford stands to gain enormously from Labour’s transformative plan to rebuild Britain: Scrapping Universal Credit will spare more than 9,600 people in Watford the stress and misery of the Tories’ inhuman and disastrous flagship welfare...
Labour announces vision to build a universal youth service taking a public health approach to young people’s needs
...f trained youth workers.
“A revitalised universal youth service is vital to provide s...
Corbyn: Labour will scrap Universal Credit
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Labour Party Leader, will today announce that Labour (Saturday) will scrap Universal Credit, calling the flagship Tory welfare reform “inhumane” and an “unmitigated disaster”. Speaking at a rally in Ching...
Margaret Greenwood responds to DWP’s statement on Universal Credit and childcare costs
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on the DWP’s statement on Universal Credit and childcare costs, said: "This change will not make any difference to the fact that with Universal Credit parents on l...
Margaret Greenwood responds to Universal Credit claimants being targeted in a multi-million pound scam
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to reports of Universal Credit claimants being targeted in a multi-million pound scam, said: “The government claimed that Universal Credit would redu...
Universal Credit is failing our veterans – Margaret Greenwood
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to a study showing that Universal Credit is failing military veterans, said: “This report is shocking evidence that our social security system, and Universal C...
Government failing with Universal Credit as people are now more worse off with Tax Credit debt – Margaret Greenwood
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to figures published today which show Universal Credit claimants with Tax Credit debts is well over a quarter, said: “The government claims nobody will be worse off when the...
Universal Basic Services report – McDonnell responds
...L Institute for Global Prosperity’s report Universal Basic Services: Theory and Practice...
Government must stop the roll out of Universal Credit – Margaret Greenwood
...t Greenwood MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s report on managed migration to Universal Credit, said: “Universal Credit is clearly failing and is in no state for the government to begin the next phase of the rollo...
Damning DWP research on Universal Credit – Greenwood responds
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on the damning DWP research about the impact of Universal Credit, said: “It is shameful that the Government’s own survey should find that nearly eight out of ten of those moving fro...
Citizens Advice report makes clear that the Government has still failed to fix the fundamental flaws in Universal Credit – Greenwood
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on a report by Citizens Advice which shows that Universal Credit claimants are still failing behind on rent and mortgage payments, said: “This report makes clear that the Government h...
It’s a disgrace that single mothers have had to take Government to court over Universal Credit – Greenwood
...Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on four single mothers winning their High Court challenge over the Government’s Universal Credit programme, said: “It’s a disgrace that four single mothers have had to take the Government to court because of the i...
Margaret Greenwood responds to reports that the Universal Credit rollout is being delayed
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to reports that the Universal Credit rollout is being delayed, said: "Hopefully the Government is waking up to the devastating implications of its so-called...
Universal Credit is failing disabled people – Marsha de Cordova
Marsha de Cordova MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Disabled People, responding to the Work and Pension Committee's report into Universal Credit support for disabled people, said: “The Government must listen to the Committee report that highlights how Universal C...
Universal Credit figures – Mike Amesbury responds
Mike Amesbury MP, Labour’s Shadow Employment Minister, responding to Universal Credit statistics released today, said: “Universal Credit is clearly failing. People are still being left weeks waiting for p...
Universal Credit leaving many in debt and rent arrears – Margaret Greenwood
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the BBC report on Universal Credit and rent arrears, said: “Yet again we see clear evidence of how Universal Credit is failing. It was meant to lift peop...
Labour calls for budget to be voted down if the Government fails to stop the roll out of Universal Credit
Labour calls for budget to be voted down if the Government fails to stop the roll out of Universal Credit, as Philip Hammond refuses to say austerity is over Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show today (Sunday 28 October 2018), Joh...
Labour issues 10 emergency demands on government to tackle the biggest failings of Universal Credit
...ays[3] 2. Remove the insistence on making and managing a claim online The government insists that claimants must make a Universal Credit claim online. This is a problem for those who do not have internet access or lack computer skills According to the Depar...
Tories vote to cover up impact of Universal Credit
...nd Pensions Secretary, responding to the Opposition Day Debate vote, said: "The Tories have voted to shamefully cover up the impact that Universal Credit is having on families and people who most need our support. "We all know that this policy is causing chaos and misery bu...
Margaret Greenwood responds to reports that Universal Credit’s rollout is set to be delayed
Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour's Shadow DWP Secretary, responding to reports that Universal Credit’s rollout is set to be delayed, said: "Universal Credit is causing severe hardship for many people. "After months o...
Tories hitting young people with punitive Universal Credit sanctions
New analysis by the Labour Party has revealed that more than 70 per cent of Universal Credit sanctions have landed on claimants aged under 30. Out of a total of 473,000 decisions to apply a sanction under the Univ...
Labour call for Universal Credit gagging clauses to be removed
... written to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Esther McVey, to demand the removal of gagging clauses stopping charities from speaking out on Universal Credit, saying: “All civil society organisations… must have the right to speak out about this injustice.” In the letter ...
Universal Credit gagging clauses are “utterly unacceptable”
...t's attempts to gag charities is utterly unacceptable and shows how far it is prepared to go in curbing free speech to hide the truth about Universal Credit. "People all over the country will be shocked to learn that this Government is preventing charities from speaking out wh...
Now Esther McVey has admitted people will be worse off under Universal Credit, the Conservatives have no excuse
...garet Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to Esther McVey admitting that people will be worse off under Universal Credit, said: “Now that Esther McVey has admitted that people will be worse off under Universal Credit, this Conservative Gov...
We have said time and time again that the rollout of Universal Credit should be halted to fix the many problems the Tories have created – McDonnell
John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on the Times’ story about families losing £200 a month in the Universal Credit switch over, said: "We have said time and time again that the rollout of Universal Credit should be halted to fix the many...
Delays in payments of Universal Credit are sending victims back to abusive partners – Margaret Greenwood
...reenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the Work and Pensions Select Committee report on single household Universal Credit payments putting claimants at risk of domestic abuse, said: “Universal Credit single household payments make it easier f...
Marsha de Cordova comments on Universal Credit compensation ruling
...abour’s Shadow Minister for Disabled People, commenting on the news that two men with severe disabilities have won compensation following Universal Credit discrimination, said: “This again demonstrates the Government’s mistreatment of disabled people: These men were assu...
Margaret Greenwood responds to Trussell Trust report on food banks and Universal Credit
...ret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on the findings of the Trussell Trust report ‘Left Behind: Is Universal Credit Truly Universal?’ said: “The scale of food bank use under the Tories is a source of national shame and the findings ...
Debbie Abrahams responds to Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews
Debbie Abrahams MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the release of the Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews, said: “Under pressure from Labour and campaigners, Esther McVey has finally been forced to...
Labour is looking into proposals for Universal Basic Income – Jonathan Reynolds
... latest report by the RSA on proposals for a Universal Basic Opportunity Fund, said:
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OBR Welfare Trends report reveals the chaos of the Government’s flagship Universal Credit programme
... Office for Budget Responsibility’s Welfare Trends report today, said: “This report reveals the chaos of the Government’s flagship Universal Credit programme and the devastating impact Tory cuts to social security are having on the lives of millions of people. “In u...
Councils forced to spend valuable resources tackling effects of Universal Credit
Councils across the country are being forced to spend their own resources tackling the effects of Universal Credit and preparing for its roll out. FOI requests submitted by Labour reveal Councils are committing funds towards offsetting a...
ONS statistics show many will struggle this Christmas – Debbie Abrahams
...ving standards by introducing a £10 an hour real Living Wage, scrapping the public sector pay cap and reforming the government’s failing Universal Credit programme.”Ends
Jeremy Corbyn speech at the United Nations’ Geneva headquarters
... and security for all.They must be genuinely universal and apply to the strong as much as ...
...strong do as they please, or they will be discredited as a tool of power, not justice. Tha...
Following Labour pressure the Government has finally backed down on Universal Credit reports – Debbie Abrahams MP
Debbie Abrahams MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary responding to the Government’s climb down on the Universal Credit papers, said: “Following Labour pressure, the Government has finally backed down and made a clear commitment to hand over...
A 700,000 increase in the number of children and older people in poverty is totally unacceptable – Abrahams
...ombined with sharply rising costs of household essentials is a truly terrifying prospect for millions trying to make ends meet. The cuts to Universal Credit, which were not addressed in the recent Budget and mean that ‘work does not always pay’, will push even more children a...
Debbie Abrahams comment on Trussell Trust Christmas figures
...think, it is absolutely unacceptable that so many families rely on foodbanks to get through Christmas.“We know that the Tories’ botched Universal Credit roll out, and their freeze to social security are causing people to visit foodbanks to make ends meet.“The social securit...
John McDonnell response to the Budget
...ifting stamp duty for some will only drive up prices and benefit sellers, as the OBR have acknowledged.“The Government’s rollout of Universal Credit is causing real suffering in our communities. Today rather than the halt the botched rollout and fix the failing system, th...
Jeremy Corbyn Budget 2017 response
...over young people is to keep fees at £9,250.But that is just one of a multitude of injustices presided over by this Government. Another is Universal Credit, which Labour has called on ministers to pause and fix.That’s the view of this House. It’s the verdict of those on the ...
Tomorrow’s Budget needs to see a real change of direction – McDonnell
... be a recognition of the emergency in our public services and an actual end to austerity. “The Chancellor must also pause the roll out of Universal Credit, and have a complete reform. It won’t be good enough just to reduce the number of weeks people are waiting, because we wi...
Government should apologise to those affected by benefits pay out mistakes – Abrahams
...another example of the total failure of this Government to provide people with the support they need."From the chaotic introduction of Universal Credit to the quiet pushing back of the state pension age of 1950s women, it’s been one disaster after another from the Depa...