Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:12 pm on 5 December 2017.
Carwyn Jones
Labour
2:12,
5 December 2017
I'm extremely concerned about the time claimants are waiting for their first payment, and the fact that many of our most vulnerable people in Torfaen and elsewhere are struggling to deal with the complexities of universal credit, and we have called on the UK Government to halt the roll-out.
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