Perhaps the Minister will write in due course. There seems to be a disparity between the requirements for universal credit and for working tax credit. In universal credit you must have 16 hours at the national wage. For working tax credit, unless you fall within the disability or childcare categories, you need 30 hours of work. Why have the Government used those particular thresholds?
Savings (Government Contributions) Bill
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Lord McKenzie of Luton
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 12 January 2017.
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