Blackburn: Town to be 5th worst hit by Universal Credit uplift cuts

Cuts: Blackburn stands to be the fifth worst hit town by the government's plan to scrap the Universal Credit uplift
BLACKBURN will be the fifth worst hit town in England by the government's plans to cut Universal Credit in September, a new study has claimed.
Meanwhile Burnley will fair even worse as the fourth affected town once the £20 uplift in universal credit is scrapped later this year, according to research by the Centre for Cities.
The study found that the average claimant will lose around £1,000 a year, with 20.3 per cent of Blackburn's working age population set to be hit along with 20.6 per cent of Burnley's

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