To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Housing Benefit earnings disregard from £5 to £57 for young people.
It remains the department’s priority to ensure that those who can work are supported to enter the labour market and to sustain employment. The Department acknowledges there is a challenge presented by the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing B...
Housing Benefit: Earnings Rules