Debbie Abrahams MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on today’s Labour Market Statistics, said:

“While we welcome today’s fall in unemployment, it’s concerning that jobs in this country are increasingly low paid and insecure.

“With unprecedented levels of in-work poverty showing the true impact of six wasted years of austerity, the last thing the Tories should be doing is cutting in-work support for low-paid workers.

“That’s why Labour is calling for the full and immediate reversal of damaging cuts to Universal Credit, which will leave some working families worse off by up to £2,600 a year.”