Does the Secretary of State agree with the National Audit Office that universal credit is moving people into debt and that the first debt is rent arrears? Claimants are not getting their rent paid and housing providers find out that a person is on universal credit only when they are in arrears. Is that not a reason why universal credit should be paused?
Universal Credit
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Stephens
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 5 July 2018.
It occurred during Urgent question on Universal Credit.
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