The Department for Work and Pensions has been urged to give millions of low-income families a £25 per week boost. The government has been urged to reverse the decision to end the £20 per week Universal Credit top-up that was implemented during the pandemic.
The increase, which amounted to an extra £1,560 per year, was discontinued in October 2021, with the DWP stating that it was only ever intended as a temporary measure.
However, according to Birmingham Mail, new research has shown that the removal of the upliftpushed 100,000 people into dire poverty during the 2022/2023 period.
David Linden, Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Social Justice) and a member of the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee, has called for the reinstatement of the uplift, proposing an increase to £25 per week.
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