Chris Bryant MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform, responding to Universal Credit statistics published today by the Department for Work and Pensions, said:

“Today’s figures show there are just 2,000 people receiving Universal Credit despite the Department for Work and Pensions once claiming a million people would be on it by next April. It’s clear to everyone but this out-of-touch Government that Universal Credit is in chaos. It’s time for David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith to come clean and tell us how they’re going to fix this problem. Families facing a cost-of-living crisis deserve better than this.”