Commons agrees to reduce Universal Credit waiting time to one month

Thu,16 November 2017
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Universal Credit Roll-out debate – 16 November 2017

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Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab) moved:

"That this House notes the First Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Session 2017-19, Universal Credit: the six week wait, HC 336; and calls on the Government to reduce the standard initial wait for a first Universal Credit payment to one month."

The motion was agreed without a vote.