Universal Credit

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:11 pm on 12 January 2021.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:11, 12 January 2021

Llywydd, I thank Joyce Watson for that very important question. We have and we will continue to lobby the UK Government to maintain the additional £20 universal credit weekly payment and to announce this without delay. If they do not, many households in Wales—300,000 of them—will lose over £1,000 annually. This uncertainty is causing untold levels of anxiety for some of our most vulnerable families.