A family of six were left without a penny to survive on after falling victim to a Universal Credit payments flaw that the government vowed to fix months ago.
Parents Matt and Sasha Smith have spent the past month living hand to mouth as a result of a benefits error that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was ordered to rectify last October.
Vehicle technician, Matt, 43, received his salary a month early in December because of Christmas - a fairly common practice in the UK over the festive period.
However, on January 4, he discovered he no longer qualified for Universal Credit. The dad-of-four had fallen into the same trap that led four single mums to the Court of Appeal last autumn - a move that later shamed the DWP for its
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