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Labour Party: Jeremy Corbyn's plan to scrap Universal Credit branded 'reckless' by No10


Mr Corbyn announced a controversial plan to make major changes to the Government’s troubled flagship welfare programme within the first 100 days of his time as Prime Minister should his party come into power. The plan will also involve scrapping it entirely within five years, a move that will cost taxpayers billions of pounds. The two-child policy will be ditched along with sanctions for Britons who do not seek work or miss crucial appointments. He has previously branded universal credit “cruel and inhumane”.

He said: “When a Labour government takes office we will introduce an emergency package of reforms to end the worst aspects of Universal Credit.

“And we will introduce a new system that will be based on the principles of dignity and respect and it will alleviate and end poverty, not drive people into it.”

Boris Johnson’s Government has branded the move “reckless” and put it down to nothing but “political point-scoring”.

The benefit replaces six with a single monthly payment – but has faced challenges.

Despite one million people receiving it now and an estimated 7million on it by 2023, it can take up to 5 weeks to get the first payment and it could leave some families worse off by thousands of pounds a year.

The announcement today comes after the Labour Party Conference in Brighton that saw an array of bizarre policies voted on by members.

One of which was the scrapping of private schools.

Another was a demand for more flexible working hours for women experiencing the menopause.

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Julia Hartley-Brewer said: “Generations of women fought *against* the idea that women were too frail & emotional to be trusted with education, jobs, the vote, equal rights & pay.

“Now the new feministas claim women need special rights at work when they get periods & go through menopause.”

On the eve of the conference, members plotted to oust the party’s deputy, Tom Watson.

The motion to get rid of Mr Watson’s post comes after a series of clashes between the deputy leader and Mr Corbyn.

The pair have locked horns over the party’s Brexit policy and the handling of the anti-Semitism crisis engulfing the opposition.

Tom Hamilton, said starting the Party conference with a “massive round of infighting” was not helpful in highlighting the Labour Party’s belief that they have the policies to change the country for the better.

Mr Hamilton argued tonight’s debate on the role of Labour’s deputy leader focused too strongly on the personal element of Mr Watson’s character and the MP was being targeted by those who simply did not like him.

Speaking on Sky News he added Labour should not abolish the long-standing position of deputy leader regardless of the feelings towards Mr Watson. Mr Hamilton said the answer was “to wait until another deputy leader comes along, which one will eventually”.



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