David Gauke, the work and pensions secretary, has been
urged by 31 MPs to delay the expansion of the new universal credit benefit
system to stop their constituents suffering severe hardship over Christmas. The
group has called on the government to put off the latest rollout of universal
credit until the new year, because people would not be able to afford delays to
their first benefit payments over the festive period. Ministers are planning to
accelerate the introduction of universal credit to about 50 new areas. But the
31 MPs, whose constituencies will be affected, said it would cause misery for
thousands of new claimants who may not get their first payments for up to seven
weeks after applying. Read more on the Observer website.
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