Universal Credit could be scrapped and all adults given £164 a week instead

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Plans have been drawn up to scrap Universal Credit in the UK. Instead, all adults would get at least £163.50 a week. The sum - half the minimum wage - has been proposed by the Commission on Social Security group as a “streamlined” way of keeping millions of Brits out of poverty.

From April the minimum Universal Credit rate will be around £75 a week for over-25s, with top-ups for those with housing needs, children and disabilities. READ MORE: Supermarket law change will affect anyone who shops at ASDA, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, Tesco, M&S or Sainsbury's But the Commission, whose leaders all say they have “lived experience of the benefits system”, say this should be scrapped and replaced by a new system.

Central to it would be a ‘Guaranteed Decent Income’ of £163.50 a week for all adults, including multiple adults in the same household.

This is similar to a Universal Basic Income, but instead of being paid to all adults rich and poor, would target those whose earnings slip below the £163.50 threshold or who don’t earn at all.