LHAs will of course go up by 1%; I signed that off last year. The hon.

The way universal credit works is for people to have payments in arrears, but 85% of eligible childcare costs are covered, compared with

My right hon.

There are 743,000 fewer children in workless households compared with 2010.

I have tried to make it clear to the House, and will again, that—as has been said quite often—people who do the right thing, whether they

I commend my right hon. Friend for his passion and work on this particularly important issue.

I have tried to make it clear to the House, and will again, that—as has been said quite often—people who do the right thing, whether they

I commend my right hon. Friend for his passion and work on this particularly important issue.

We are working, right across Government, on a number of different scenarios. We are preparing guidance carefully and I assure the hon.

The Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon.