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Stephen Timms MP

Stephen Timms MP

Labour MP for East Ham and chair of the Work and Pensions Committee

Government must act to avoid a generation retiring with inadequate pensions
Economy
By Stephen Timms MP
Government must act to avoid a generation retiring with inadequate pensions
The middle of a cost of living crisis, with an inflation rate not seen for a generation and millions worried about how to make ends meet, is a far from ideal time to be thinking about putting away money for the future.
Committee Corner – Work and Pensions Committee chair Stephen Timms on his in-tray
Communities
By Stephen Timms MP
Committee Corner – Work and Pensions Committee chair Stephen Timms on his in-tray
Amid a cost of living crisis and stretched public services, the next 12 months will be busy for Parliament’s select committees. Labour chairs set out their priorities – next up, Stephen Timms
A delayed Online Safety Bill puts us all at risk Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
A delayed Online Safety Bill puts us all at risk
As new technologies such as the metaverse develop, a whole host of additional risks are emerging without proper safeguards to protect online Britons. Delays on the Online Safety Bill risk us falling behind on important advances, and MPs agree.
Champions of LGBT rights among MPs awarded in Jubilee honours list
Parliament
By Sienna Rodgers
Champions of LGBT rights among MPs awarded in Jubilee honours list
Two champions of LGBT rights in Parliament, Maria Miller and Nia Griffith, are among the MPs being awarded damehoods in the new Jubilee honours list.
Permanently extending free school meals to families with No Recourse to Public Funds is a welcome lifeline
Economy
By Stephen Timms MP
Permanently extending free school meals to families with No Recourse to Public Funds is a welcome lifeline
Yesterday the Department for Education announced that free school meals will, from 19 April, be permanently extended to all families affected by No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). This is very welcome news.
We must provide targeted support for homeless EU migrants if we are to end rough sleeping
Home affairs
By Stephen Timms MP
We must provide targeted support for homeless EU migrants if we are to end rough sleeping
The scale of homelessness and housing difficulties among EU citizens across Britain has become a growing concern.
Out of work families can not afford the cut to Universal Credit
Economy
By Stephen Timms MP
Out of work families can not afford the cut to Universal Credit
The cut will reduce real terms support for an out of work family to the lowest level since Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister.
Fully Paralysed Terminally Ill Patients Still Face 'Inhumane' Benefits Process Almost Two Years After Promised Review
Health
Fully Paralysed Terminally Ill Patients Still Face "Inhumane" Benefits Process Almost Two Years After Promised Review
Excl: Ministers are facing demands to urgently publish a review of the "barbaric" benefits programme first announced by the government in summer 2019.
Covid has highlighted the need for new investment in council housing to tackle overcrowding
Communities
By Stephen Timms MP
Covid has highlighted the need for new investment in council housing to tackle overcrowding
For those forced to live, learn and work in one room, the psychological impact of lockdown has been extraordinary. As we build back from this crisis, we must ensure everyone has access to a safe, secure and affordable home - with space to live.
Removing the £20 uplift to Universal Credit now would be a failure by government to recognise the reality of so many struggling families
Economy
By Stephen Timms MP
Removing the £20 uplift to Universal Credit now would be a failure by government to recognise the reality of so many struggling families
With the impact of the pandemic still being keenly felt, removing the £20 increase now makes no sense for the idea of UC as a safety net for all - or for the millions of families who rely on it to get by.
We must ensure our social security system is providing a safety net for everyone who needs it
Economy
By Stephen Timms MP
We must ensure our social security system is providing a safety net for everyone who needs it
The Chancellor’s spending review is a missed opportunity to end agonising uncertainty for millions this Christmas. There is still much the DWP can to do to help people get back into work.
Boris Johnson must suspend the No Recourse to Public Funds policy during the coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus
By Stephen Timms MP
Boris Johnson must suspend the No Recourse to Public Funds policy during the coronavirus crisis
More and more law-abiding, hard-working families, whose contributions we have all benefited from for years, are sinking into destitution.
Boris Johnson hints at u-turn on Universal Credit ban for thousands of migrants after ‘jaw-dropping’ committee grilling
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson hints at u-turn on Universal Credit ban for thousands of migrants after ‘jaw-dropping’ committee grilling
Boris Johnson has hinted that the Government will review rules that prevent thousands of migrants living in the UK from accessing a raft of state benefits despite paying taxes here.
I would bring extensive experience of the social security system
Home affairs
By Stephen Timms MP
I would bring extensive experience of the social security system

My reputation for effective cross-party working stands me in good stead to steer the Work and Pensions Committee, writes Stephen Timms MP