A father who was plunged into £5,000 worth of debt because he couldn’t afford to live off Universal Credit has been ordered to repay over £5,000 back to the the Government.
Gary Blake, who was made redundant in July, applied for Universal Credit to allow him to support his five-year-old son and pay his rent.
Before he was laid off Gary earned close to £1,700 per month working with an agency firm attached to Nissan car makers. Gary says the Department of Work and Pensions have now sent a letter claiming he has to repay £5,149 in benefits, due to missing ID and paperwork.
However, reports suggest the move is part of a wider investigation into Universal Credit payouts during the pandemic. 32-year-old Gary is one of the thousands of people
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