Mentions:
1: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West) Leader of the Opposition, who is no longer in her place, said that 1.5 million extra people were on universal - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - North West Essex) Can the Prime Minister tell us how many more people are out of work and claiming universal credit since - Speech Link
2: Kemi Badenoch (Con - North West Essex) The Prime Minister does not want to say how many more people are out of work and claiming universal credit - Speech Link
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1: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) We have expanded free school meals to children in all families receiving universal credit, and we have - Speech Link
2: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) As she knows, from this month we have got rid of the two-child limit in universal credit, which is lifting - Speech Link
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1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) We are rebalancing universal credit to incentivise people to work, rather than encouraging inactivity - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) If it is someone who has been unemployed and on universal credit for six months, there is the potential - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) People claiming universal credit, new style employment support allowance and personal independence payment - Speech Link
3: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) Under the Secretary of State’s Government, over a million more people have gone on to universal credit - Speech Link
4: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) It is the Labour Government who are reforming welfare, including the changes in universal credit this - Speech Link
5: Rupert Lowe (RB - Great Yarmouth) A staggering £10.1 billion of the £61.2 billion spent on universal credit in 2024 was gifted to foreign - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) There are mechanisms such as passporting for those on universal credit. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) The youth guarantee gateway being rolled out in jobcentres provides 16 to 24 year-olds on universal credit - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mark Sewards (Lab - Leeds South West and Morley) One of my constituents was diagnosed with breast cancer and subsequently received universal credit and - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Gerald Jones (Lab - Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare) Free school meals for children, our universal credit uplift, and up to £575 more on the state pension - Speech Link
2: Jo Stevens (Lab - Cardiff East) continue, which is why we are helping people into work through new employment programmes and increasing universal - Speech Link
3: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Plaid Cymru’s universal childcare offer would be a game changer. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) I quickly pay credit to the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, who has been the most wonderful advocate and leader - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con - Life peer) sets out a vision of earlier diagnosis, faster treatment and improved survival—goals that command universal - Speech Link