Unmesh Desai, London Assembly member, City & East London, writes:
The chancellor must use his Budget announcement on March 3 to keep the £20 weekly uplift in Universal Credit payments. This has been a lifeline to the most vulnerable in our community and the many thousands of Londoners who have lost their livelihoods during this pandemic.
This is the very least the government can do to keep countless households from falling into poverty. Even with the extra £20, Universal Credit claimants are struggling to make ends meet.
A recent study conducted by the Welfare at a Social Distance project has revealed that a significant number of new claimants have been unable to eat regularly or healthily, pay bills or put away a modest amount of money each month.
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Generation Rent has called on the Chancellor to take action in the Budget to clear runaway rent arrears, as government figures reveal 700,000 private renters on Universal Credit cannot cover their rent. %
Manchester council expecting to make £41m of cuts in coming year - what could be slashed
Plans to take millions from homelessness budgets, axe more than 160 jobs and raise council tax are still on the table
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Manchester council says that cuts of £41m will now be needed to balance its books for the coming year, though millions could still be wiped from homelessness spending.
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