Tory MP cries at universal credit impact speech from Frank Field

Conservative MP Heidi Allen struggled to speak following Frank Field’s speech.A Conservative MP broke down in the House of Commons during an emotional Labour-led debate on universal credit, where the government conceded it would release confidential reports into the impact of the welfare reform’s rollout.MP Heidi Allen wiped away tears as Labour’s Frank Field, the chair of the work and pensions select committee, described persuading a man not to kill himself and spoke of anothe