If Esther McVey read NAO report properly and knowingly misled Parliament, then she should resign - Margaret Greenwood

Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, speaking after Esther McVey’s apology in the House of Commons today, said:

“Esther McVey has admitted that she misled Parliament. She did so not once, but twice, on 21st June and 2nd July, despite the fact that her own department had agreed the NAO report on 8th June.

“The NAO report is damning about the roll out of Universal Credit, the Government’s flagship welfare programme.

“If she didn’t read it properly, that’s incompetence. If she did read it properly and knowingly misled Parliament, then she should resign.”