I have written to Dr Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to urge her not to go ahead with the planned £20 cut in Universal Credit. This would impose the largest overnight cut to the basic rate of social security since the foundation of the Welfare State.
In Brent, where families are still feeling the heavily impacts of Covid-19 and where poverty rates are the highest in Outer London, this will have a particularly detrimental affect on already vulnerable families.
At a time when families need Government most, they are turning their backs on them and instead focusing on balancing the books; I think this is shameful.
You can read my letter in full below.
