Anti-poverty study’s findings pile pressure on ministers to retain £20 Universal Credit Covid uplift
The £20-a-week cut to universal credit in October will leave out-of-work families with children barely half the income needed to achieve a socially-acceptable basic standard of living, according to new research.
Many working families will also struggle to reach minimum income standards, it found, with a single parent in full-time work on the national living wage left £46 short each week – growing to £66 when the £20 universal credit uplift is removed.
