It would have been such a nice story – a ‘coming together’ of Labour and Conservative to make Universal Credit better. What a shame it isn’t true.

Here‘s Evolve Politics:

Labour’s Frank Field moved a Conservative MP to tears during a debate on Universal Credit in Parliament today. During an incredibly emotive speech, Field recounted several horrifying stories of the devastating effects the new all-in-one Tory benefit, Universal Credit, has had on several of his constituents. Field’s stories, which included a constituent who he had attempted to persuade not to commit suicide, and another family whose child had cried with hunger, were so heart-wrenching that Conservative MP Heidi Allen was left too emotional to continue her reply to the Labour MP.

See the exchange for yourself:

"By God we'll work together to make this better" – @heidiallen75 is reduced to tears by Frank Field's emotional speech during a debate in the Commons on Universal Credit. pic.twitter.com/m0PSM8sAiT — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) December 5, 2017

The trouble is, they were crocodile tears from Ms Allen, who makes a very good show of caring when she is in front of the Commons cameras, but relentlessly troops through the lobbies in support of the Conservative government policies that have caused the misery that apparently moved her.

Fake Tory tears she voted for every cut pic.twitter.com/fAPZpw9J0H — steve barber (@LptpsteveBarber) December 5, 2017

The information from TheyWorkForYou.com states clearly that Ms Allen has voted “against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability” and “generally voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits”. [Boldings mine.]

https://twitter.com/Barkercartoons/status/938156811215044610

Heidi is very good at playing to the gallery – but she troops through the lobby in support. https://t.co/KnJi2FIx0g — Clare Hepworth OBE (@Hepworthclare) December 5, 2017

Crocodile tears she voted for cuts to welfare budget in favour of new nuclear weapons system – we are not fooled by her tears or lies. She needs to hang head in shame voting record on welfare reforms & equality & human rights speaks volumes. It’s appalling — paula peters (@paulapeters2) December 6, 2017

Why is MP Heidi Allen (@heidiallen75) so shocked by the immense hardship and suffering caused by the draconian welfare reforms? I'm across the pond in Canada and have spent the past five years documenting the horrors that only now have moved her to tears. — Samuel Miller (@Hephaestus7) December 6, 2017

And some commenters have paused to remind us all that the architect of Universal Credit was Iain Duncan Smith – and he deserves to be punished for the harm he has inflicted on innocent citizens of the UK:

https://twitter.com/susieharris19/status/938125378190790658

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