Streeting slams Conservative councillors for ‘stomach-turning’ Universal Credit sweepstake

Wes Streeting has slammed a group of Conservative councillors for running a sweepstake regarding a Labour MP’s comments on Universal Credit.

Labour councillor Karen Constantine has alleged that she could “hear my colleagues groaning” after she referred to the cut to the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift and was informed that it was as “some colleagues have lost the sweepstake as to when” the cut “would be mentioned at this meeting”.

Shadow child poverty secretary Wes Streeting has blasted the councillors as “stomach-turning” for running a sweepstake on whether a Labour politician would mention the cut.

The Labour MP said via Twitter: “This is stomach-turning: Kent Conservatives running a sweepstake on how long it takes for the Universal Credit cut to be mentioned in their meeting. It’s all just a big laugh to them. They have no idea what losing over £20 a week is doing to families in Kent and across England. https://t.co/35gAzONRSC”