Sign up to Postcards from the North - a newsletter from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer Williams Around 1.5 million people on Universal Credit could be forced into hardship this winter due to the “disastrous decision” to withdraw the £20 per week uplift, experts at Citizens Advice have warned.
Research carried out by the independent advice provider suggested that two-thirds of working Universal Credit claimants are bracing themselves for a struggle to meet ends meet when the weekly uplift is abolished at the end of September.
The organisation said as many as 600,000 working Universal Credit claimants are worried they might not be able to afford food or other basic necessities like toiletries after the reduction in their income is
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