The Conservative Government have been urged not to go ahead with a cut to Universal Credit WORKING Scots are being let down by cuts to Universal Credit, the SNP has claimed, as it’s revealed almost 40% of claimants north of the border are in work. Research from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) found that 176,000 people in Scotland who are claiming Universal Credit also have a job, but do not bring home enough money to stay afloat. The revelation comes as the UK Government prepares to cut Universal Credit by scrapping the £20 uplift. The SNP Government’s Shona Robison has previously warned that the policy is "a callous act which will push 60,000 families across Scotland, including 20,000 children, into poverty and will result in families unable to work receiving, on average, £1,600 less per year than they would have done a decade ago in 2011".