The way that universal credit is structured means not only that we have a much simpler system, but that most people in the benefits and tax credits system will keep more of their additional earnings as they progress in work than they would have done under the extremely complicated, confusing system that we inherited from the hon. Gentleman’s party. The work incentive clearly has a positive effect overall.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Danny Alexander
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 April 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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