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
Call to end face to face Jobcentre interviews as covid outbreak forces partial closure of Glasgow office
David Linden has urged the DWP to heed union warnings after a Jobcentre in Glasgow had to shut.
SNP MSP David Linden wants face to face interviews at Job Centres to be suspended (Image: Sunday Mail)
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CAMPAIGNERS cautiously welcomed the extension of a scheme to help vulnerable families pay their food and bills during the pandemic, while stressing that a “long-term replacement” was needed.
Work and Pensions Secretary Theresa Coffey announced on Wednesday that the Covid Grant Scheme would be continued until June 20, with an additional £40 million in funding.
The programme, first rolled out in November, was due to expire in mid-April, but Ms Coffey told MPs that it was being extended because “some restrictions on the economy continue.”
However, national poverty charity Turn2us said there “must be a long-term solution to a long-term problem.”
| UPDATED: 10:35, Tue, Jan 19, 2021
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Channel 4 News expert Paul McNamara has warned that some Conservative MPs may rebel should the Government ignore the vote to extend the uplift to Universal Credit. Monday s vote in Parliament not to end the £20 Universal Credit increase saw Labour s motion win by 278-0 after Boris Johnson ordered Tories to abstain. The result is not binding on the Government but has increased pressure on Mr Johnson after six Tories revolted to back Labour demands.
| UPDATED: 10:58, Mon, Jan 18, 2021
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Labour will use a Commons vote tonight to ramp up the intense pressure on Boris Johnson to extend the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit. Labour, who were granted an opposition day debate, want the Government to prolong the Universal Credit uplift beyond March. The Government has decided to abstain on the motion, with Dominic Raab yesterday calling the opposition day debate a political move.