Ipswich MP Tom Hunt on Universal Credit parliamentary vote
Of course, there will be individual cases where things have not always worked as well as we would have liked - and I have seen a few myself - but, by and large, the welfare system has been there for those who have needed it the most. This week on Monday, we had two separate “opposition day debates” where the opposition come up with a motion for MPs to debate. There is often a vote at the end of the debate, but it is unbinding and doesn’t carry any legal weight. One of the motions the Labour Party chose was about whether the Universal Credit uplift should be extended beyond March. They...
Source: ipswichstar.co.uk