Universal Credit next spring. Citizens Advice Scotland worked out 80% of people who had asked for help with "complex debt" would be unable to pay their way after the cut in March.
By contrast, the extra cash has helped reduce the number of people in difficult by more than a fifth since it was brought in at the start of the pandemic.
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the benefit lift in March in response to Covid-19 but did not guarantee it would remain after the financial year.Citizens Advice are drawing attention to the problem to mark Challenge Poverty Week which begins on Monday October 5.Nearly half a million people in Scotland claim Universal Credit.Mhoraig Green, social justice spokeswoman with the advice service, said: "Universal.
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