Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs and MPs debating the Labour motion saying the universal credit rollout should be suspendedUniversal credit helpline charges to be scrappedAmelia Gentleman on the problems with universal creditPMQs – Snap verdictPMQs – Verdict from the Twitter commentariat 3.03pm BST On a point of order the Green MP Caroline Lucas asked the deputy speaker, Eleanor Laing, what could be done if the Tories attempted to sabotage today’s debate by abstaining. Laing said that Lucas should not necessarily pay attention to what she reads on Twitter and that the vote was still a few hours away. 3.01pm BST Iain Duncan Smith, the former work and pensions secretary who introduced universal credit, has just spoken in the debate. He defended the benefit and said pausing the rollout would not help. Continue reading…
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