{"id":340409,"date":"2021-10-07T13:12:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1490048"},"modified":"2021-10-07T13:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T13:12:19","slug":"as-therese-coffey-sang-her-heart-out-families-across-the-uk-plunged-into-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/10\/07\/as-therese-coffey-sang-her-heart-out-families-across-the-uk-plunged-into-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"As Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Coffey sang her heart out, families across the UK plunged into poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 6 October, footage<\/a> emerged of secretary of state for work and pensions Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Coffey singing ‘The Time of My Life’ to Tory party conference delegates. Coffey performed her enthusiastic rendition of the Dirty Dancing<\/em> hit just an hour after the government’s \u00a320 cut to universal credit came into effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many took to Twitter to express their disgust at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) chief’s carefree karaoke having overseen a cut which is predicted to plunge 840,000<\/a> more people into poverty, including 290,000 children.<\/p>\n

Having the time of her<\/em> life<\/h5>\n

Sharing a clip of the unfortunate footage, Politics Home<\/em> reporter John Johnson tweeted:<\/p>\n

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DWP Secretary Therese Coffey singing \u2018I\u2019m having the time of my life\u2019 at Tory conference just an hour after the \u00a320 Universal Cut came into force. pic.twitter.com\/lspuFKGs4Q<\/a><\/p>\n

— John Johnston (@johnjohnstonmi) October 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n