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Universal Credit | Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for those kind words. She has fought tirelessly to make sure that universal credit is the best system possible.

Universal Credit Roll-out | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

When we came into office in 2010—and then in 2015 and 2017—it was really important for the country to take difficult decisions about what we

Universal Credit Roll-out | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

Under the process of managed migration, the roll-out will be slow and measured. It will start not in January 2019, but later in the year.

Universal Credit Roll-out | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

I do not let people know what we do in private meetings, old-fashioned as that may be, but what the hon.

Universal Credit Roll-out | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

We all agree on the founding, sound principles of this benefit, which is helping more people into work.

Universal Credit Roll-out | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

I thank my right hon. Friend for that.

Universal Credit Roll-out | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

As I have said both on TV and in the House, we took difficult decisions, as did the country, in 2015-16 because we had a benefits system tha

Universal Credit Roll-out | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

I have to say that that is some of the worst scaremongering I have ever heard.

Job Creation | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

Employment in the UK has increased by more than 3.3 million since 2010 and is currently at a near record high of 32.4 million.

Job Creation | Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions | Commons debates

That is precisely why we brought in universal credit, which made sure that people could work each hour they wanted to work and were not trap

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