Universal Credit: Removal of Uplift

Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 13 September 2021.

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Photo of Karen Buck Karen Buck Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation indicates that nearly four out of every five families with children are receiving universal credit or working tax credit, rising to 45% or more of families with children in the north-east, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the west midlands. Can the Secretary of State share her Department’s assessment, which we heard about at the end of last week, of how these families are expected to manage the income shock of losing £1,000 a year due to the impending cut?