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Labour writes to Esther Mcvey demanding gagging clauses be removed immediately

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Esther Mcvey MP and Margaret Greenwood MP

Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, has written to the Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey, to demand the removal of gagging clauses stopping charities from speaking out on Universal Credit, saying: “All civil society organisations… must have the right to speak out about this injustice.” I previously wrote about Citizens Advice and how they cannot be trusted

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Citizens Advice DWP gagging clause raises serious questions on their impartiality

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Citizens Advice gagging clause

Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey used her Conservative Party conference speech to announce that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are to fund Citizens Advice to provide Universal Support from 2019. Universal Support provides advice and assistance to help claimants manage their Universal Credit claim and offers other services like budgeting advice and IT training. Ms McVey’s announcement

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