Responding to the Chancellor's Universal Credit plans from the
Budget, Liberal Democrat DWP spokesperson Stephen Lloyd said:
“After stubbornly resisting for far too long, the Government has
finally responded to pressure from the Liberal Democrats and put
back some of the money into the Universal Credit Work
Allowance, which they stupidly cut the moment we were no
longer around to stop them. “However, the £1.7 billion
per year the Chancellor committed to still does...Request free trial
Responding to the Chancellor's Universal Credit plans from
the Budget, Liberal Democrat DWP spokesperson said:
“After stubbornly resisting for far too long, the Government
has finally responded to pressure from the Liberal Democrats and
put back some of the money into the Universal Credit Work
Allowance, which they stupidly cut the moment we were no
longer around to stop them.
“However, the £1.7 billion per year the Chancellor committed
to still does not make up for the £3 billion pa his predecessor
slashed from the benefit in
2015. We also heard nothing on ending the gratuitous benefits
freeze early, or on making UC fairer for the
self-employed.
“UC’s serious design flaws were also not addressed, from long
waiting times that are pushing people into indebtedness, to
problems in how landlords are paid housing benefit. The pain caused
by the roll-out of UC is not over yet.”
