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However, in light of concerns about the rising costs of living, there is a need...
Conclusion
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.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
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.
Source
Committee
Welsh Affairs Committee
Inquiry
The Benefits System in Wales
Report
Fourth Report - The Benefits System in Wales
17 Mar 2022
HC 337
Addressee Bodies
Wales Office
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.2 yrs
Report published
17 Mar 2022