Money is tight - Living on Universal Credit in lockdown
By Alex Forsyth & Kate Whannel
BBC News
image captionScott Boerder is having to rely on Universal Credit for the first time in his life.
A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found that the coronavirus pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on those already living in poverty, and calls on the government to make a £20 increase in Universal Credit permanent. We talk to some of the people who have had to rely on the benefit to get them through the pandemic.
Scott Boerder, 38, moved to Warwick from Derby in late 2019 for a job in retail management but was made redundant.