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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 March 2018.

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Photo of Esther McVey Esther McVey The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 12:00, 26 March 2018

You can’t have it that we are not helping enough people and then, on the other hand, that we are. What we have said is that this has always been for people who were not in work or those on low incomes. What we have done is slightly raise the threshold, and now more children who need free school meals are getting them. That is something that this Conservative Government are doing. I would also like to welcome the rise in employment in the last quarter in the south-west area and the hon. Gentleman’s seat by another 48,000 people. That is more people in work who can help their children.