Despite some MPs appealing to the Government to make the £20 universal credit uplift permanent, they have announced that this will indeed be stopped.The scheme will now officially end on 6th October, however, the exact date money will stop being paid will be dependent on when someone receives their universal credit allowance.For some, this will mean the last payment they receive at the higher rate will be the end of September, only a matter of days. With this news and the announcement of … [Read more...]
Calls for Universal Credit uplift to be made permanent
Ministers from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have called the UK Government to make the Universal Credit uplift a permanent change.As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government introduced a £20 per week uplift to support low income families. However, this scheme is now set to be scrapped as of October. There are growing concerns about the impact this will have on poverty and the hardship families will face.Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (a charity which … [Read more...]