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Their account, by an average of £62 less each month. the most common reason is to cover the five—week universal credit advance given when people moved over onto the system. but it can also be taken to repay crisis loans, debts to third parties like councils and utility companies and to take back overpayments made by government error. as the cost of living is set to increase, a cross—party group of mps want the government to put a pause on those deductions. given that benefits are already at a very low level, if you've got deductions taken out of those, as well, then you've got really seri...

And the deductions are making those problems very much worse. the committee also want to see the benefit cap raised for everyone, but the department for work and pensions said they had already restricted the total amount of deductions that could be taken to 25% of payment, and doubled the amount of time people have to pay money back to two years. asjodine braces herself for higher bills, that doesn't feel like enough, but she thinks that pausing deductions would help. it would at least give me a standing point to kind of put myself back on an even keel. colletta smith, bbc news. let's speak to...

Round about £15 a week, and almost half of people claiming universal credit, 2 million people altogether, are having those deductions taken off their benefit, it is making their lives much more difficult than they need to be, at this already very difficult time. bud they need to be, at this already very difficult time.— they need to be, at this already very difficult time. and have you had any response _ very difficult time. and have you had any response from - very difficult time. and have you had any response from the i very difficult time. and have you i had any response from the governm...

Deductions taken out of their benefit at the moment who are having to choose between heating and eating and having to skip meals to make sure that their children get a meal, those kind of things. and the deductions are making those problems very much worse. a committee also want to see the benefit cap raised for everyone, the committee also want to see the benefit cap raised for everyone, but the department for work and pensions said they had already restricted the total amount of deductions that could be taken to 25% of payment, and doubled the amount of time people have to pay money back to ...

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