{"id":56561,"date":"2024-03-18T15:28:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T15:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=56561"},"modified":"2024-03-18T15:28:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T15:28:20","slug":"best-way-out-of-poverty-is-through-work-says-work-and-pensions-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/best-way-out-of-poverty-is-through-work-says-work-and-pensions-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Best way out of poverty is through work&#8221; says Work and Pensions Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The \u201cbest way out of poverty\u2026is through work\u201d, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said in response to calls for legislation to ensure Universal Credit will cover essentials such as food, household bills and travel costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SNP MP Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) told the Commons:&nbsp;\u201cResearch from the Trussell Trust shows the devastating truth though, more than half of people receiving Universal Credit ran out of food in January and couldn\u2019t afford more, and 2.4 million Universal Credit claimants have fallen into debt because they couldn\u2019t keep up with essential bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWill the Secretary of State back their joint campaign with the Joseph Rowntree foundation and commit to legislating for an essentials guarantee in Universal Credit to reduce food bank use and ensure everyone has a protected minimum amount of support in order to afford life\u2019s essentials, yes or no?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his reply Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said:&nbsp;\u201cThis Government recognises that the best way out of poverty, the best way to address the circumstances that (Ms Blackman) describes is through work, and that is why the Chancellor reduced taxation making work pay evermore, it\u2019s why the national living wage is to be increased by close to 10% as of this April, following a similar increase around this time last year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cbest way out of poverty\u2026is through work\u201d, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said in response to calls for legislation to ensure Universal Credit will cover essentials such as food, household bills and travel costs. 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