Universal Credit

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at on 10 April 2019.

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Photo of John Penrose John Penrose The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office

I politely disagree with the hon. Gentleman, not least because unemployment in Northern Ireland has been falling steadily, which is one of the huge success stories of Northern Ireland’s economic progress since the troubles. The previous Assembly introduced some rather important legislation, which is still in operation, that mitigates some of the local concerns about the operation of universal credit in Northern Ireland.