Boris Johnson has refused to guarantee that he will not end the £20 weekly rise in Universal Credit as senior backbench Conservatives threatened to rebel and back Labour in a vote.
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Downing Street insists no decision has been made on whether to keep or scrap the £20 increase.
A row over Universal Credit has erupted after Labour called a debate to vote on extending a temporary £20 weekly rise in payments..
Sir Keir Starmer has called Boris Johnson “pathetic” for ordering Conservative MPs to abstain from a vote on extending a £20..
