Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: The Father of the House is absolutely right.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: I will remind the right hon. Lady of our inheritance. We took difficult—[Interruption.] I will.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: I will in a moment. We all know why this is happening: this is a rushed attempt to plug the Chancellor’s fiscal hole.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: I will give way to the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield (Laurence Turner) first.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: My right hon. Friend is quite right: this is a fiasco, and it is the Chancellor’s fault.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: I am not surprised that the hon. Gentleman is baffled, because he is clearly not listening to what I am saying.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: My right hon. Friend makes an excellent point.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: We would cut unemployment.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: The fact that the Government have refused to commit to not raising taxes means it is probably inevitable that they will.
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill ( 1 Jul 2025) Kemi Badenoch: I will make some progress.
