Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 5 December 2017.
Mark Reckless
Conservative
2:14,
5 December 2017
First Minister, you say you support the principle of universal credit, and the aim of universal credit and the UK Government's wider welfare reforms is to help people get in and stay in work. Given that unemployment in Torfaen is historically low and has fallen further in the past year, isn't that something you should be supporting constructively and trying to work with the UK Government?
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