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Tory Universal Credit minister claims he's seen no evidence it pushes people into debt

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The Tory minister in charge of Universal Credit has claimed he's seen no evidence the five-week wait pushes people into debt.

Appearing at Parliament's Work and Pensions Committee today, Will Quince was told research showed people on the combined benefit were 70% more likely to be in rent arrears than people on old-style Housing Benefit.

The research was from Citizens Advice, which helps run the Help to Claim service, chair Stephen Timms said. Mr Quince said he would need to see evidence for that, "not just anecdotally but some actual data".

He added: "The evidence we have is that it's people coming on to Universal Credit with historic rent arrears which actually get paid off faster over time on Universal Credit," he said. "There is not

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