That is what is coming out from the data we are gathering about what real people are saying about how universal credit impacts on their lives. My hon. Friend is right to say that people are getting into work faster, staying in work longer, and looking for work. For those in work, the data shows that on average people are earning an extra £600 a year. Those are the positive effects of this benefit change.
Universal Credit
Proceeding contribution from
Esther McVey
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 5 July 2018.
It occurred during Urgent question on Universal Credit.
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