Universal Credit raised for 1,700,000 people with 8p boost to pay packet
Universal Credit raised for 1,700,000 people with 8p boost to pay packet
Ministers have been defending the decision to cut Universal Credit payments for weeks (Picture: PA/Getty)
The Government will give working Universal Credit claimants 8p more in every pound they earn, weeks after scrapping a temporary uplift worth £20 a week.
Ministers had repeatedly defending ending the increase – worth more than a £1,000 a year to claimants – despite a cost of living crisis.
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