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I certainly pay tribute to the last Labour Government, as well as the Pensions Commission, which had cross-party support, and the support of

I thank the hon. Lady for her clarification. I have not heard any colleagues use that sort of language.

Thank you, Mr Dowd. I am grateful to the hon.

There are currently no plans to amend the calculation of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI).

As part of the 23 September Growth Plan announcement, the Chancellor announced funding for additional work coach support to over 50s.

With 1.25 million job vacancies across the UK, our focus is firmly on supporting people to move into, and progress in work.

There is no objective way of deciding what an adequate level of benefit should be as every person has different requirements.

Projecting the impacts of policies on income poverty is very difficult to do accurately – as poverty is dependent on changes for every type

Projecting the impacts of policies on child poverty is very difficult to do accurately – as poverty is dependent on changes for every type o

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has an annual statutory duty to review benefits and State Pensions rates.