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Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
- 03/02/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsOn Tuesday 3 February 2026, the Universal Credit (Removal of Two-Child Limit) Bill had its Second Reading in the House of Commons. The previous Government introduced the two-child limit on Universal Credit (UC). Its effect was to push more children into poverty. From 2010, the number of children in poverty rose by 900,000, reaching 4.5
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UN Tax Convention Meeting
- 03/02/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
A group of organisations, comprising of Global Witness, Tax Justice UK, Oxfam, Greenpeace, War on Want, the Center for Economic and Social Rights, and Amnesty International, held a drop-in event in Parliament on 3 February 2026 to draw attention to “Why the UK Government must support the the UN Tax Convention” (UNTC). The UNTC is
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Office of Rail and Road Parliamentary Drop-In
- 03/02/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
The Office of Rail and Road Regulation (ORR) is responsible for holding Network Rail and National Highways to account ensuring they deliver significant investments to improve our national infrastructure. I met with Declan Collier who is the Chair of the ORR and I raised the issue of Bescot Stadium Station and the lack of progress