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Welfare minister faces rare joint Lords and Commons select committee questions on failure to reform Universal Credit
A RARE joint meeting of MPs and Lords will quiz the government on Tuesday on its failure to reform universal credit (UC), which does not provide a “dependable safety net” for working people.
The House of Commons work and pensions committee and the House of Lords economic affairs committee will question Welfare Minister Will Quince after the government gave a “disappointing” response to their reports on UC, which is supposed to help the poorest with living costs.
He will be joined by Neil Couling, head of UC at the Department for Work and Pensions.
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