Claim 37ba54f4
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“Balancing universal credit will stop it from pushing people away from work.”
The claim forecasts that balancing universal credit will produce a future effect—stopping it from pushing people away from work—so it is predictive and is stored but not assessed further.
Reasoning & Evidence03 Jun 2026
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From speech
Welfare reform is balancing universal credit so that it no longer pushes people away from work. That is what we are doing; the Opposition voted against it. Welfare reform is introducing a right to try, to incentivise people to take up opportunities. That is what we are doing; they voted against it. Welfare reform is providing record funding on apprenticeships. That is what we are doing; apprenticeship starts fell by 40% on their watch. The right hon. Lady talks about the welfare bill. It soared by £88 billion on their watch. Nearly 3 million people were written off. Face-to-face assessments collapsed because of the contracts they agreed. And who signed off those contracts? The shadow Chancellor.
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