Reposted from Benefits and Work
Universal Credit Bill To complete Lords in a single day
Published: 14 July 2025
The Universal Credit Bill will complete its passage through the House of Lords in a single day, it has been confirmed.
The parliament website reports that: “Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the bill - and all remaining stages – are scheduled for 22 July.
“This bill is known as a “Money Bill”, committee stage, report stage and third reading are normally formalities.”
Following its passage through the Lords, the bill only requires Royall Assent before becoming law. There is no time limit for this, but it could happen within a few days.
It means that Labour has managed to rush through a bill that will affect the incomes of millions of universal credit (UC) claimants, and was intended to affect millions of personal independence (PIP) claimants too, in just five weeks.
And yet none of the provisions in the bill will actually come into effect for another nine months, in April 2026.
The haste with which Labour has forced these provisions through, without consultation and with the minimum amount possible of parliamentary scrutiny, raises real concerns about its commitment to co-production when it comes to the Timms review of PIP.
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3988/publications
DPAC will not be involved in co-producing any cuts regardless of any incentives/bribes offered.
