Universal Credit loans creating poverty gap in Red Wall seats as £8million deducted
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mirror.co.ukUniversal Credit claimants in Red Wall constituencies were more likely to have cash deducted from their payments then those in the country as a whole, researchers have revealed.
An analysis of official data shows that in previously-Labour seats won by the Tories in the 2019 general election, almost £12million was deducted from 168,100 people's UC claims in just one month.
Two-thirds of the sum – £8m – was to repay loans taken out by people to bridge the five-week wait for new UC claims to be processed and paid.
The study of figures from last August shows 47% of UC payments to people in Red Wall seats were cut, compared with a nationwide of average of 41%.
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