McFadden said: “I very much agree that the welfare state should be there to help people and to help them change their circumstances, not just to keep them in their circumstances. The welfare state is full of holes, absolutely full of holes. We need to up our game on the welfare state and make it truly universal. This isn’t just a Labour issue, because the welfare state, at the end of the day, should be for all of us. We need to have an enabling welfare state.