Labour launches poster calling on the Government to cancel its cut to Universal Credit

Labour is to launch a poster calling on the Government to cancel its cut to Universal Credit. It will be unveiled on an ad van, in central Manchester, which will then drive around the conference venue as the Prime Minister makes his speech.

The cut to Universal Credit will take £1,040 a year from six million households, affecting one in 14 British workers.

Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said:

“Today, the Prime Minister made a choice to cut the incomes of hardworking families. Any promise the Prime Minister makes to raise the living standards of people in this country rings hollow while this cut goes ahead.

“Under this government prices are up, bills are up and taxes are up, yet the Prime Minister has pressed ahead with the biggest cut to social security ever in the face of widespread opposition.

“Labour would maintain the uplift until we replace Universal Credit with a fairer social security system that lets people keep more of the money they earn.”

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Notes to editors

• The poster can be viewed here, embargoed until 2230Hrs Tuesday, 5 October