Holyrood, Westminster, Stormont and Senedd urge UK Government to keep £20 Universal Credit uplift
Updated: July 21, 2021, 8:15 am
The £20 Universal Credit uplift is due to be removed in October
Politicians from Holyrood, Westminster, the Northern Irish Assembly and the Welsh Senedd have come together to pen a letter to the UK Government, urging it to make the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit permanent.
However earlier this month it was confirmed this will be taken away in October.
Six million to lose hundreds overnight
The letter is addressed to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey, and says there is an estimated 6 million people claiming Universal Credit who will lose £1,040 in annual income overnight.
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