Mentions:
1: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) Amendment 214 in my name would establish a universal entitlement to free and impartial pension advice - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) conclude, I want to pick up on Amendment 214 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, concerning a universal - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) Were they misled into giving more credit to the scheme? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) That means that for assessment periods starting on or after 6 April, the universal credit child element - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) We estimate that the Bill will increase the universal credit award for 560,000 families, who will gain - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) We should be doing everything we can to ensure that families on universal credit can access meaningful - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) We know that lots of working people claim universal credit, but what we do not know is how many hours - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) There is an entire shadow system working alongside universal credit. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) For 2026-27, the standard allowance in universal credit will be uprated by September’s consumer prices - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) For 2026-27, the standard allowance in universal credit will be uprated by September’s consumer prices - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) The allowance will not be means-tested and will not impact benefits such as universal credit. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Financial Assistance) Bill, followed by Committee of the whole House and remaining stages of the Universal - Speech Link
2: Paul Waugh (LAB - Rochdale) Both are engineering apprentices and are a great credit to our town and borough. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jade Botterill (Lab - Ossett and Denby Dale) strategy, we will work with the Department for Work and Pensions to make it easier for parents to use universal - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) Universal credit and NHS travel support are means-tested, leaving her out of pocket for essential medical - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Credit Act 2025, which will set new rates for universal credit and income-related employment and support - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) earlier, the Universal Credit Act 2025 included important changes to rebalance universal credit. - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) These benefits need rationalising and streamlining within universal credit. - Speech Link
4: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab - Poole) Sadly, universal credit falls short of this. - Speech Link
5: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) credit with more than two children were not on universal credit when they had them. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ayoub Khan (Ind - Birmingham Perry Barr) wholly agree with that sentiment, but I cannot agree with the Government’s approach of removing universal - Speech Link
2: John Milne (LD - Horsham) Only 15% said support from work coaches is useful, while 55% of universal credit claimants say that claiming - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Credit Act 2025, which will set new rates for universal credit and income-related employment and support - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) There is a long way to go if universal credit is adequately to protect recipients against poverty and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con - Life peer) We are told that the current gap between health-related universal credit payments and the standard allowance - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We introduced the fair repayment rate from April last year, reducing overall universal credit deductions - Speech Link