Jonathan Reynolds responding to renewed pressure from Conservative backbenchers to extend £20-a-week Universal Credit uplift

“Britain had the worst recession of any major economy because of the Government’s incompetence and indecision.

“Even the Government’s own MPs do not support the Chancellor’s planned cut to Universal Credit, taking £1000 a year from millions of families already struggling in this pandemic.

“The Government are running out of time to do the right thing, give certainty to families and secure our economy, by cancelling their disastrous cut to Universal Credit."

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