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Universal Credit is an important reform to our benefits system and is designed to make sure work always pays. We want to reinforce that position.

The government has also introduced 15 hours a week of free childcare for all 3 and 4 year olds, and we will double that for working families from September.

Mr Speaker, I said that the tax system must be fair and that means rewarding those who work hard by helping them to keep more of what they earn.

But we recognise that more needs to be done to help families make ends meet and to ensure every household has opportunities to prosper.

The Environment Agency is the navigation authority for the non-tidal Thames, 135 miles of navigable waterway from Cricklade in Wiltshire, near the river’s source, to Teddington in southeast London.