Welfare

Question 1

What will the government’s approach to Universal Credit?

Answer 1

Continue to roll-out UC (combining multiple benefits into one and making the pathway into work clearer).

Question 2

What have we done to work allowances?

Answer 2

Increased work allowances, a move worth £630 to working families with children and those with disabilities.

Question 3

What will the government’s approach to the benefits freeze?

Answer 3

We will end it whilst making sure it still pays more to work.

Question 4

What will the government’s approach to benefit fraud?

Answer 4

Those who cheat the system should be punished.

Question 5

What is the government’s approach to disabled people in the welfare system?

Answer 5

Reduce the number of reassessments a disabled person must go through when a significant change of condition is unlikely. Publish a National Strategy for Disabled People before the end of 2020 which looks at the ways to improve the benefits system, opportunities, and access for disabled people.