Families across Scotland had £60 quietly deducted from benefits during height of lockdown
coronavirus lockdown.More than 1.6 million people across the UK in receipt of Universal Credit had an average of £60 deducted from their benefits in May when thousands had to claim benefits because of lockdown, according to the Department of Work and Pension’s own figures.The staggering sum has been uncovered by Glasgow MP Chris Stephens who has campaigned for the UC advance loans to be abolished and converted into grants.In his own Glasgow South West constituency some 3,800 people, 48 per cent of claimants in the area, had an average of £56 clawed back from their monthly benefit.In ten worst-affected Scottish constituencies over 40,600 people had their benefit capped, with each paying back an average of over £56 to the government.The