Two single mums have described the devastating impact a £20-a-week Universal Credit cut will have on their lives. Some six million families are due to be stripped of the vital extra cash at the end of March.
They spoke out as six Tory rebels last night joined Labour MPs to back extending the £80-a-month increase. Labour used a parliamentary Opposition Day debate to try to shame the Conservatives into preserving the temporary lift.
Boris Johnson ordered his MPs to abstain but half a dozen sided with Keir Starmer ’s party. The Commons supported the symbolic vote by 278 to 0 although it is not binding.
But it piles pressure on the PM to perform another U-turn. On a visit to Oxfordshire yesterday, Mr Johnson claimed his Government wanted to
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