to teachers, have signed an open letter to the prime minister urging him not to go ahead with the planned cut to universal credit. an extra £20 a week was added to the scheme at the start of the pandemic as a temporary measure and is due to be phased out from the end of this month. the government says its focus now is on creating more jobs. here s our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan. i don t know why they call it early morning work. it s the first day of school for douglas and the resumption of his daily trek. the eight year old and his mum, tasha, travel eight miles on two buses. ..as douglas didn t get a place at a nearby primary after they moved home last year. the family of six rely on universal credit to top up dad s wages as a builder. the bus journey costs £5.20 daily and is reimbursed by their council each term, but the family have to pay up front and the looming benefit cut will create tough choices. if we lose that money, he will only be able to go to school