Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee
Benefit freeze
Status: Closed
Opened: 14 Feb 2019
Closed: 5 Nov 2019
It has been predicted in evidence to the Committee that the benefit freeze will “increase poverty more than any other policy”, with a family of four receiving Universal Credit over £800 a year worse off by 2020, when the freeze is set to end, “even if both parents are working full-time on the National Living …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 2019 | Session | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, reg… |
| 27 Mar 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, reg… |
| 4 Mar 2019 | To cttee | Letter from Chair Frank Field to Secretary of State, Amber Rudd regarding Freez… |