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DWP Universal Credit cut to be pushed through despite no assessment on people's lives

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Universal Credit on people’s lives. Officials said the information does not exist as the uplift was only “temporary”. The increase, worth £1,040 a year, was a lifeline for vulnerable people struggling to cope during the devastating covid pandemic.

However, Johnson is refusing to make it permanent and recipients will lose the cash from next month. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey was criticised recently for saying that claimants could make up the loss by working longer hours.

The SNP asked the Department of Work and Pensions if any impact assessment had been carried out on the removal of the £20.They responded: "The information you requested is not held by this Department.

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