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Member

Speaking in the House of Commons on 9 July 2025

Debate

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

Contribution

Universal credit still has a two-tier element. Again, it is this Orwellian approach, where some people who are ill are more equal than others, and that is perverse in the extreme. As Liberal Democrats, we have some real concerns around this. We are also alive to the fact that the New Economics Foundation highlights that this will still plunge 50,000 people into poverty, which is not what we should be doing in this Chamber.

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