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Borris Johnson's 'Wizzy Idea' for Universal Credit

Government's existing budget for housing simply doesn't add up. They've got a great big hole because they haven't been able to persuade developers to foot the bill for building safety measures that are needed. And we've got a severe shortage of affordable housing in this country. We've got a million people on the housing waiting lists, by their own reckoning, this will help a few thousand families a year. I hope borris johnson has a wizzy idea for how peoplea benefit who can only save up t 16 thousand pounds could be exempt from the 16 thousand cap. It could mean hundreds of thousands or millions more people being able to claim universal credit.

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