Universal credit rollout will go ahead despite Tory MPs' call for delay

Work and pensions secretary David Gauke confirms introduction of controversial benefit will continue as plannedThe government is to press ahead with its rollout of universal credit, the work and pensions secretary has confirmed, despite a last-minute appeal from Tory backbenchers for a delay.More than a dozen Conservative MPs had raised concerns with David Gauke’s department that claimants were being forced to use food banks because of the mandatory six-week wait to receive money. Continue