6. Plaid Cymru Debate: Universal Credit

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:03 pm on 15 September 2021.

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Photo of Carolyn Thomas Carolyn Thomas Labour 5:03, 15 September 2021

No I won't—and they've carried out essential work throughout the pandemic in sectors such as the NHS and social care. Rather than being thanked for this incredible job that they've done during the pandemic, they're about to be hit with £1,000 a year universal credit cut as well as a tax hike. 

In-work poverty and poor working conditions should be resigned to history. Instead, this cut will only make matters worse. I don't know if any Members have tried to get a job recently and seen what's out there, the low pay—[Interruption.]—that's been driving the economy. Low-paid, really poor working conditions—[Interruption.]