talking to people in wolverhampton. britain has among the worst inequality in the developed world. one person in six lives in poverty. so what do the chancellor s repeated promises to level up the mean for those on low incomes in places like wolverhampton? giovanni nursed his mum until her death last april. now living alone, depression and stress have stopped him working. having seen the £20 covid benefits uplift removed, he is left with 60 quid a week to cover everything, as the cost of living soars. it s very, very hard. you know, i don t even put the heating on. i have to sit like this with my fleece on every day. you know, you re frightened to even put the water, run the water in the tap. low paid workers will now keep more of their universal credit, but that won t help giovanni, with the chancellor resisting calls to remove vat from fuel bills. the chancellor needs to address these things. why are you doing this? why?
a cut to the taper rate. that s the rate at which universal credit is reduced once a claimant starts to earn above a certain threshold. currently if you earn an extra pound you lose 63p in benefit. that will be cut to 55p in every pound, allowing people to keep more of their money as they start to earn more. but campaigners say the amount doesn t address wider issues of cost of living and those who can t work. our home editor mark easton has been talking to people in wolverhampton. britain has among the worst inequality in the developed world. one person in six lives in poverty. so what do the chancellor s repeated promises to level up the mean for those on low incomes in places like wolverhampton? giovanni nursed his mum until her death last april. now living alone, depression and stress have stopped him working. having seen the £20 covid benefits uplift removed, he is left with 60 quid a week to cover everything, as the cost of living soars. it s very, very hard. you know, i don t e
our home editor mark easton has been talking to people in wolverhampton, and his report contains some flashing images. britain has among the worst inequality in the developed world. one person in six lives in poverty. so what do the chancellor s repeated promises to level up mean for those on low incomes in places like wolverhampton? giovanni nursed his mum until her death last april. now living alone, depression and stress have stopped him working. having seen the £20 covid benefits uplift removed, he is left with 60 quid a week to cover everything, as the cost of living soars. it s very, very hard. you know, i don t even put the heating on. i have to sit like this with my fleece on every day. you know, you re frightened to even put the water, run the water in the tap. low paid workers will now keep more of their universal credit,