• AS delegates to Camden Trades Council, the borough’s umbrella body for trade union branches, we welcome the statement from council leader, Georgia Gould, pledging that the local authority would not evict tenants for rent arrears arising from the roll-out of the government’s notorious universal credit scheme, (Council leader pledges ‘no evictions’ policy over Universal Credit fallout, October 18).

Though the government appears keen to suppress the evidence, it has become painfully clear, not least from the Department for Work & Pensions’s own leaked analysis that literally millions of people will be much worse off under the scheme. In practice its implementation will further swell the numbers of children living in poverty and punish households with wage earners on low pay.

In its current form universal credit makes a mockery of Theresa May’s supposed concern for the “just about managing”. We strongly urge Camden Council to do all within its powers to blunt the impact of universal credit on local residents, whatever their housing tenure, and very much hope to be campaigning alongside Cllr Gould and Camden’s Labour group as a whole for the scrapping of what has proved a pernicious attack on some of the poorest working class households.

GEORGE BINETTE
Chair, Camden Trades Council

UNA DOYLE
Camden National Education Union delegate to TC

GARETH MURPHY
Vice-Chair, Camden TC & Unite Community Camden Secretary

CHRIS POWELL
Universities & College Union Retired Members’ Branch Delegate