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Universal Credit warning as more than one million Covid-19 claimants receive less than they need An analysis has found that 1,060,000 claimants are having money regularly deducted Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newslettersInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommend...

Universal Credit deductions: Benefits claimants warned as over a million see payments reduced 1,060,000 claimants are having money regularly deducted from the payments from the DWP Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendati...

One million households face UC debt deductions More than one million households who were forced to claim universal credit (UC) when coronavirus struck are having debt deductions taken from their benefit payments, according to a child poverty charity. The Government suspended some deductions for three months from April 2020 as part of its emergency response to the pandemic. However, deductions for the repayment of UC advances were not part of the suspension. An analysis by Child Poverty Action G...

MORE than one million people who claimed benefits during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic are having money regularly deducted from their payments, new research has found. Nearly two thirds — or 63 per cent — of people who claimed for universal credit (UC) between March and June are living on less than they are assessed to need due to the deductions, the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) said. This compares to 1.85m claimants with deductions made by the Department for Work and P...

Covid-19 and everyday experiences of hardship: why charitable provision is not enough December 21, 2020 Many commentators have rightly observed that the coronavirus pandemic has amplified long-standing socioeconomic and health inequalities, and exposed both the fragility of the UK’s social security system and the growing reliance by so many on charitable food provision. At a time of global crisis, the UK’s fraying safety net has been under scrutiny and subject to urgent—though temporary�...