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Universal Credit uplift must be made permanent to protect vulnerable Scots, says SNP MP

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David Linden has called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to make the Universal Credit uplift permanent as part of a wider post-covid recovery programme.The Glasgow East MP said axing the uplift - worth £1040 a year to claimants - at a time of rising unemployment would be "unconscionable".Linden, the Nationalists' spokesman on work and pensions, spoke out as the Tory Chancellor prepares to deliver a Budget like no other in recent history.The UK Government says it will set out "the next phase of the plan to tackle the virus and protect jobs".But the chancellor is under pressure to address two main issues - whether the UK will begin paying off the huge debts built up during the pandemic, and how the UK Government will support the people and.

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