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Closed Increase ESA/PIP in line with Universal Credit Coronavirus increase

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The Government has decided to increase Universal Credit payments by £20 a week to help with the increased costs people are facing due to the Coronovirus. Many people are on ESA/PIP and deserve the same financial support during this time. These especially vulnerable citizens are being forgotten.

More and more people are remaining at home to help 'flatten the curve' of the COVID19 outbreak. This means there is an increase in the use of basic utilities (Gas/Electric/Water) in many households. A lot of people on ESA/PIP already struggle to pay these bills. Food prices have increased and those with limited mobility are having to buy from more expensive local shops if they can't get to a supermarket or get a delivery slot. They deserve the same financial help as those on UC.

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    MPs to debate Work and Pensions Committee Report on the DWP’s response to the coronavirus outbreak

    MPs will debate the Work and Pensions Committee Report on the DWP’s response to the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday 26 November in the main House of Commons Chamber. The subject of the debate has been determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

    This will be a debate on a motion proposed by Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the Committee, on which Members may vote at the end of the debate. It calls for the Government to take note of the report, and to increase relevant legacy benefits in line with increases to universal credit, to take steps to return people who have been inadvertently left worse off under universal credit compared with their previous benefits, and to suspend the no recourse to public funds visa condition for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak.

    The debate will start in the afternoon, following the debate on the final report of Climate Assembly UK.

    Read the report: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/1558/documents/14743/default/

    Watch the debate: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/4a97645c-8b6c-4ccc-a267-b564dfeab638

    Find out more about how Parliamentary debates work: https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/debates/
    Find out more about the Backbench Business Committee: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/202/backbench-business-committee/

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