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Rachel Maclean
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(5 years, 5 months ago)
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Alok Sharma
I encourage the hon. Lady to look at the document we have published about what we will be doing to measure this number. However, I also point her to the record levels of employment: the fact that there are more people in work in the economy right now than ever before, and that unemployment is at a 43-year record low. Jobs are being created and people are moving into work, and that is largely due to the welfare reforms that we have introduced.
Rachel Maclean (Redditch) (Con)
Will the Minister elaborate on how much better off families on universal credit are now as a result of measures introduced in the Budget?
Alok Sharma
My hon. Friend raises an important point. Earlier this year we introduced £1.5 billion of support, and in the Budget there was £4.5 billion of support. I say to Opposition Members that it is all very well calling for support, but they also have to vote for these measures, which they never actually do.