Work & Pensions Committee
@CommonsWorkPen
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We're a cross-party group of @HouseOfCommons MPs holding @DWPgovuk and its associated bodies to account. Get involved 👇
Joined November 2012
We're looking into the pre-pension income gap - the financial shortfall people experience if they retire before they reach State Pension age. @Ageing_Better sets out how this can disproportionally affect people who have a job that impacts their health as they age
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Chair @Debbie_Abrahams’s statement in the House of Commons this week highlights the importance of lifting the two-child limit and the positive difference this change will make to children’s lives ⬇️
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Put a calendar hold for a meeting** on Friday. (**Playing pickleball)
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Tomorrow, from 9.15am, we’ll hold the first session of our inquiry into the rising state pension age and the impact on those who are close to receiving their pension. We'll hear from @TheIFS, @Ageing_Better, @ILCUK, @PPI_Research and @StandardLifeUK.
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Find out more 👇 https://t.co/cPpgeOFGky
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09:00 - Room 6, Palace of Westminster
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Tomorrow, from 9.15am, we’ll hold the first session of our inquiry into the rising state pension age and the impact on those who are close to receiving their pension. We'll hear from @TheIFS, @Ageing_Better, @ILCUK, @PPI_Research and @StandardLifeUK.
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On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we thank everyone in the community for working with us. Sharing your insights ensures our scrutiny of @DWPgovuk is grounded in real experience. Learn more about the day 👉 https://t.co/qfC3xH3gDs
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Removal of the two-child limit is a positive start. We will keep watch on the what the Government proposes in its forthcoming Tackling Child Poverty Strategy.”
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Cash support through the social security system is essential to alleviate poverty but the comprehensive Child Poverty Strategy needs to go much further and wider, involving all Government departments.
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However, many families will very quickly come up against the benefit cap which puts a maximum limit on the benefits a working-age household can receive.
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The fact that nearly three-quarters of children living in poverty are from working families is rarely said. Additional cash support to families with more than 2 children will make a direct and positive impact on their children’s wellbeing.
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The policy was directly linked to damaging the opportunities of a generation of children, who were dragged into poverty through no fault of their own.
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"Removing the two-child limit is very welcome. It will almost immediately lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and stop even more being drawn into it.
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The Chairs of the @CommonsEd, @HelenHayes_ and our Chair @Debbie_abrahams have issued a joint statement following the announcement in today’s budget that the two-child limit will be scrapped from April. 🧵
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Tomorrow from 9.15am, we’ll hold a session on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) and the transfer of skills to the @DWPGovUK.
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We'll hear from @Resfoundation, @YF_Foundation, @StMartinsGroup, @SkillsFed, @LearnWorkUK, Association of Employment and Learning Providers, Prof Neil Harrison and Prof David Taylor-Robinson. Find out more 👇 https://t.co/NR3NfTtAAG
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09:00 - Room 6, Palace of Westminster
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Tomorrow from 9.15am, we’ll hold a session on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) and the transfer of skills to the @DWPGovUK.
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At our session this week, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, @PatMcFaddenMP, shared that pensioners are being targeted by scammers regarding their Winter Fuel Payments and warned them not to share personal information over the phone ⬇️
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Find out more 👇 https://t.co/sfRWkGGaqn
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08:45 - Room 6, Palace of Westminster
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Tomorrow from 9.15am, we will question the Secretary of State for @DWPgovuk, @PatMcFaddenMP. It will be his first appearance before the Committee in his new role and the first since the skills brief including apprenticeships moved from @EducationGovUK to the DWP.
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