Mel Stride
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 62 |
Web site | melstridemp.com |
Date of birth | September 30,1961 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | United Kingdom |
Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Party | Conservative Party |
Job | Politician |
Education | Portsmouth Grammar School |
University of Oxford | |
St Edmund Hall | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 556740 |
Mel Stride Life story
Melvyn John Stride is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Central Devon since 2010. Stride currently serves as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General.
Benefit claimants not seeking work to face mandatory work placements
... The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride, said: " Our message is clear: if you are fit, if you refuse to work, if you are taking taxpayers for a ride - we will take your benefits away...
Welfare cuts worth billions planned by ministers
... Both Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Mel Stride, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, have spoken in recent months of their desire to get more people off benefits and into work...
Rishi Sunak under pressure from ministers to raise housing benefit
... Housing Secretary Michael Gove and Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride have written to the prime minister and the chancellor demanding an increase in Local Housing Allowance rates...
Jeremy Hunt to confirm national living wage to rise to £11 an hour
... At a fringe event on Sunday, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said the government was already looking at the Work Capability Assessment " so it reflects the way the modern world works" including increased opportunities for home-working...
Date set for next £300 cost-of-living payment
... Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said: " The best way we can boost bank balances is by bearing down on inflation, but as we get there, we are ensuring the most vulnerable households are cushioned from high prices with a further cost-of-living payment...
The big questions on the future of the triple lock
... But the Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride won t commit to that...
Triple lock: State pension could go up less than expected next year
... But Mel Stride said he could not commit to using it for the calculation...
Angela Rayner stalls on triple lock pensions commitment
... The same month, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said a commitment to maintain the triple lock would " almost certainly" be in the next Tory manifesto...
Rishi Sunak under pressure from ministers to raise housing benefit
By Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent, BBC News
Rishi Sunak is Under Pressure from ministers to increase housing benefit amid record numbers of people in temporary housing, The Bbc has learned.
Housing Secretary Michael Gove and Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride have written to The Prime Minister and The chancellor demanding an increase in Local Housing Allowance rates.
But The Treasury instead prefers higher universal credit for those in work.
A final announcement is likely in The Autumn Statement later in November.
The Number of people in England living in temporary accommodation is at record levels as The cost of living crisis puts market rents out of reach for many households.
The latest government, show 104,510 households were in temporary accommodation, including 131,370 children.
Experts say a major contributory factor is that while rents have soared in recent years, local housing allowance rates, which determine housing benefit levels, have been frozen since 2020.
In June, analysis by The Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank found Just 5 % of new private rental properties advertised on Zoopla were covered by local housing allowance rates, The lowest level on record. Official figures show almost two in five Private Sector tenants receive housing benefit.
More Than 150 councils in England wrote to The government last month urging ministers to increase Local Housing Allowance rates to cover at least 30% of local market rates.
because of The cost of housing people in temporary accommodation.
Treasury resistanceThe Bbc understands, however, that The Treasury is resistant to these calls and is instead examining increasing universal credit levels for people in work.
Officials have drafted proposals to cut The " taper rate" - The proportion of earnings people can keep before their benefit payment is cut. The taper rate is currently 55%, meaning that for every pound someone earns above their personal work allowance, their universal credit payment is reduced by 55p.
Changes at The edges of universal credit would not help families who are homeless and do not work, according to The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) anti-poverty group.
" Reducing The universal credit taper rate is no substitute for addressing a lack of adequacy in The benefits system as a whole, " said JRF Chief Economist Alfie Stirling.
" All benefits must increase In Line with The Higher costs people are facing if The government is serious about helping The worst off, " Mr Stirling added.
In a statement, a Treasury official said: " We do not comment on speculation.
" We've maintained our boost of nearly £1bn to Local Housing Allowance, while our Discretionary Housing payments provide a safety net for anyone struggling to meet their rent or housing costs. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com