The Government boosted Universal Credit by £20 a week last March
It is due to come to an end next month costing families more than £1,000
The Government is under pressure to extend the uplift but is baulking at the cost
The Work and Pensions Select Committee said the removal of the extra payments would drag those already into poverty down into destitution
Rishi Sunak has been resisting making the increase - introduced in response to the coronavirus crisis and due to end next month - permanent despite pressure from MPs.
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UK Government commits to 80,000 new SWAPs opportunities
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today given a further boost to jobseekers by increasing the number of retraining places on the Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) to 80,000 for the next financial year – building on the 40,000 already successfully delivered over the last eight months.
SWAPs offer jobseekers across England and Scotland a six-week training programme, where they learn new skills, gain hands-on work experience and build their contacts in a new line of work. Whether it’s from aviation to care, or finance to logistics, every SWAP participant is guaranteed an interview at the end of their course for a live job vacancy.