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Select committee: Work and Pensions Committee

Recommendation 3

Fourth Report: The temporary increase in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit Published 9 Feb 2021 Paragraph 32 Addressed to Department for Work and Pensions

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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We were encouraged to hear from the Secretary of State that one-off payments are not DWP’s preferred approach, but they nevertheless seem to be an option that the Government is actively considering. We urge the Government to abandon any plans for a one-off payment to claimants of Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit.

From: Work and Pensions Committee, Fourth Report: The temporary increase in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit (HC 1193), paragraph 32, 9 February 2021

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