At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday 1 July, Stephen asked Prime Minister Boris Johnson to raise levels of 'legacy' benefits to match Universal Credit.
Levels of Universal Credit were raised at the start of the coronavirus crisis but the older legacy benefits have not been raised to match.
Last week, in a report on DWP’s response to the crisis, the cross-party Work and Pensions Select Committee unanimously recommended they be increased.
Stephen said: “The Government – rightly – increased Universal Credit at the start of the crisis. It’s now time to redress the imbalance and increase legacy benefits too. People shouldn't get less help just because they haven't been moved to Universal Credit yet.”