Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has contacted nearly six million benefit claimants across the UK confirming their Universal Credit payment will be cut by £20-a-week from October 6, 2021.
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Universal Credit payments will be cut next month after the government confirmed it was axing the £20 uplift.
The weekly increase was introduced temporarily to help claimants weather the storm of the coronavirus pandemic - but the government has confirmed that the uplift will now be phased out.
The move means that millions of claimants will be losing out on £1,040 worth of income annually.
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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has contacted nearly six million benefit claimants across the UK confirming their Universal Credit payment will be cut by £20-a-week from October 6, 2021.
Universal Credit, announced last year at the start of the pandemic, began winding down towards the end of September and will finally come to an end this week while the Tories gather for their annual conference in Manchester. The move has been widely condemned by charities and opposition parties and Johnson faces pressure from many Conservative MPs deeply concerned about the impact on low-income families.
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iOS - Android Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson said: “People are struggling even with the uplift. Yet the Scottish Tories have the temerity to defend this abominable cut."They are failing in a basic duty as MSPs to advocate for our most vulnerable constituents.
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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.
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