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Recommendation 9
9
Rejected
Paragraph: 85
However, in light of concerns about the rising costs of living, there is a need...
Recommendation
However, in light of concerns about the rising costs of living, there is a need for a discussion about how to ensure benefits are adequate, affordable and sustainable. On the basis of the evidence presented there is a need for an urgent review of: ending the £20 UC uplift; the 5 week wait for UC; the benefit cap and the two-child limit; bedroom tax; shared accommodation rate (of Universal Credit) for under 35s; freeze of LHA rate at March 2020 levels.
Government response summary AI-generated
The UK Government rejects the recommendation for an urgent review of various benefit policies, stating they have constructive engagement channels with the Welsh Government already.
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Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
The UK Government rejects these recommendations. The Department for Work and Pensions Ministers already have constructive engagement channels with Ministers in the Welsh Government on matters of mutual interest, and where areas of devolved and reserved power intersect. For example, the Minister for Employment recently met Vaughan Gething, MS, Welsh Government Minister for the Economy, to discuss how the Department for Work and Pensions could support the Welsh Government’s employability strategy.
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