Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What steps he is taking to support people in receipt of Universal Credit with increasing (a) their level of pay and (b) access to one-on-one appointments with a work coach.”
Tabled: 17 January 2023Answered: 23 January 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Employment (Alison McGovern)
The two-child benefit cap was introduced by the Conservative party 10 years ago. Its period in office saw child poverty rise to over 4 million and one in three of our children arriving at primary school not ready to learn. As soon as the Secretary of State and I were appointed, we got to work to establish our child poverty taskforce, as promised in Labour’s manifesto, and those efforts are ongoing.