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NewsUniversal Credit Bill listed as money bill for House of Lords
Published: 10 July 2025
The Universal Credit Bill (formerly the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment bill) has been listed for its second reading in the House of Lords as a money bill.
According to the UK Parliament website, the second reading and all remaining stages of the Universal Credit (Money Bill) will take place on 22 July.
This means that the Lords can suggest amendments, but the Commons can simply ignore them and the bill will become law one month after it completes all its stages in the Lords.
Along with racing through the committee, report and third reading stage of the bill in the Commons in a single session yesterday, this is another tactic by Labour to prevent any scrutiny of legislation that will take money away from hundreds of thousands of future disabled universal credit claimants.
It also makes it even harder to trust that the government will be seriously interested in the views of disabled people when the Timms review begins its work after the summer. Genuine consultation does not seem to be something that this Labour government can bear to be involved in.
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OMG YogiBear ( sorry about the name mix up my head today ugh.) I was almost convinced it would not go through 😡This really is a serious blow, so sneaky and underhand the lot of them.
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@YogiBear Thank you. Stunned. The stampede to get this through is startling. It's 48 hours before recess. The House will be empty.
EDIT: The Commons' ammendments to the Bill reduced it to such a degree that what remains could legitimately be certified as a Money Bill as it reaches the Lords: "Make provision to alter the rates of the standard allowance, limited capability for work element and limited capability for work and work-related activity element of universal credit and the rates of income-related employment and support allowance."
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I'm shocked. I've emailed a number of disability charities etc just to make them aware of this.
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I just knew it, how can we now have faith ( not that we ever did ) that Timms will conduct an honest and fair consultation.
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Stunned too Zipz, after reading there were parts of the bill that would stop it becoming a money bill.
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See my edit. I can see how it got certified now.
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They just do not care, what an eye opener this whole sorry saga has been.
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Thank you Zipz, I have a lot to learn in this area, I believe I was reading and believed the same as you that it would not pass, thank you for helping to clarify so much for me and the forum ☺️
Edit to add, thank you to all who have helped me understand to some degree very difficult political processes☺️
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Catherine, thanks for posting this, as my head is all over the place today have I read right that people with ADHD can still claim PIP ? Thanks
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Agree Catherine. I'm fearful for what's going to come down the line. We've good people on our side. The fight continues on. You have been absolutely amazing throughout all of this.👍️
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Yes. People with ADHD can claim PIP.
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@apples, it looks like it with those amendments being withdrawn but just keep an eye on things as they progress and as Timms does his report. Many things could change over the next goodness knows how long, all we can do is wait and see what the end result will look like. I would say try and relax a bit for now 🤗
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Yep they can and do 😊
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Definitely not her good nature, I’m exhausted today after trying to work out all the voting that was going on yesterday, I hope you’re ok under the circumstances as you have been an absolute star emailing / contacting many people, not sure where you got the strength from but myself and I know others are immensely grateful
I want to know how my mp voted anyone know if there is a list to see who voted aye
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I agree with you. Never thought Labour would do this to the vulnerable. I hope people will not vote for them next year at the council elections and put them out at the next GE. I predict there's going to be legal challenges down the line. All we can do is fight on.
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Who is your MP and I can check for you?
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How MP's voted.
https://t.co/YXFuu9YexI
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