Make the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit permanent.

Select Committee

Oral Evidence May. 08 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Good to see you, Permanent Secretary.

Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) To get 2.3% as a different baseline for the annual increases in his plan on page 20 in the annex of his - Speech Link
2: Derek Twigg (Lab - Halton) It is to the credit of the Armed Forces that they have sustained this effort for so long. - Speech Link
3: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) He asked earlier whether we would match the £500 million uplift per year for Ukraine. - Speech Link
4: Maria Eagle (Lab - Garston and Halewood) .”During the cost of living crisis, the numbers of personnel and veterans on universal credit are rising - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) Over 80,000 veterans are having to claim universal credit just to get by. - Speech Link
2: Johnny Mercer (Con - Plymouth, Moor View) in our journey to make this the best country in the world in which to be a veteran. - Speech Link
3: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) the House of Lords to make it more relevant to the 21st century and more democratic? - Speech Link
4: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) Friend said in response that she had taken the issue to the permanent secretary. - Speech Link
5: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) I disagree, though, with the Mayor of London that the way to deal with this is to start imposing 20 mph - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department for Work and Pensions

Apr. 22 2024

Found: The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/****)

Non-Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Social Security Advisory Committee

Apr. 22 2024

Found: The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/****)

Bill Documents
18 Apr 2024 - Briefing papers
Briefing paper on the Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023-24

Found: Briefing paper on the Bill

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Mar. 19 2024

Inquiry: British Film and High-End Television
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: You need to look at that, and to start thinking about the tax credit, and how the tax credit can be

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Mar. 19 2024

Inquiry: British Film and High-End Television
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: You need to look at that, and to start thinking about the tax credit, and how the tax credit can be

General Committees
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) this uplift will see the achievement of one of our core pledges: for the national living wage to reach - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) hours they will work from week to week or month to month? - Speech Link
3: Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) assumption that universal credit, like tax credits before it, was actually just subsidising a low-wage - Speech Link

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Mar. 13 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: it is a challenge to do—you can make £20 billion of savings.