Universal Credit cut by £20 will be 'catastrophic', shows private government memo

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Labour ’s Secretary of State for Child Poverty, slammed the Tory government decision to claw back the lockdown rise in Universal Credit in a speech that made him the darling of the Labour conference. Streeting, 38, recovered from kidney cancer this year to come back to Labour’s front bench as the arrowhead of a campaign against child poverty.

Alexander Stewart said he had "real sympathy" with comments made last week by Ruth Davidson, who claimed the reduction in the benefit was the “wrong thing to do”. The £20 uplift to the all-in-one benefit was a temporary measure to help poorer families during the pandemic and is due to come to an end from October 6 in a move that has sparked fury among anti-poverty campaigners.

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iOS - Android She joins a number of figures across the political spectrum who have raised concerns about the move, which a think tank recently warned would affect more than 800,000 people across Britain.In South Lanarkshire, a total of 25,493 households will feel the impact of the move.Ms Haughey blasted: “This Tory government’s choice to inflict the biggest overnight cut to social security since World War II - hammering people both in and out of work – is a crime against decency.

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benefits claimants say their current pay-out is barely enough to cover the bills, with circumstances set to get worse as government removes the Covid-19 uplift next month. Almost six million people rely on Universal Credit in the UK, and as of October they will be receiving £20 less per week when the change is made.Mum-of-five Shannon Brown says she will likely face debt as a result of the cut.

Universal Credit on people’s lives. Officials said the information does not exist as the uplift was only “temporary”.

claiming Universal Credit, a benefit designed to help those out of work or on a low income cover the costs of daily living. September will see the furlough scheme draw to a close, applications for the final Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant and the ending of the weekly £20 uplift to Universal Credit - which in itself creates an air of uncertainty for those relying on state support.

The Prime Minister hit back: “What we are doing is protecting people on low incomes up and down the country.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently published its ‘Shaping Future Support: the Health and Disability Green Paper’ which outlined the UK Government’s proposals to improve the experience of disabled people and those with health conditions using their services.

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Openreach has announced it will scrap connection fees for access to its superfast broadband network for those who receive Universal Credit with no other earnings from next month.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a new rule change to Universal Credit to ensure claimants receive more consistent benefit payments every month, even if their employer pays them early because the pay date falls on a weekend, Monday or Bank Holiday. The DWP has implemented a new automatic process so that the Universal Credit system now automatically identifies claimants who receive a second monthly salary payment in one benefit assessment period.