whose 2002 visit to Easterhouse in Glasgow inspired his much derided reforms to the benefits system - has signed a letter to Rishi Sunak along with five other Conservative former work and pensions secretaries.
The group warned the UK Chancellor that a failure to keep the uplift in place permanently would “damage living standards, health and opportunities” for those that “need our support most as we emerge from the pandemic”.
The extra cash for benefit claimants was brought in as an emergency spending measure during the Covid crisis but is due to expire on October 1, having already been extended for six months at the March Budget.
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