Universal Credit cut is set to plunge 1.5million working Brits into ‘hardship’

The Daily Mirror says a million and a half working people face being plunged into “hardship” this winter as their benefits are slashed by £20 a week, a charity warns today.

But a top Cabinet Minister yesterday insisted he was “comfortable” with robbing six million of the poorest families of £20 a week from their Universal Credit – despite the energy price crisis.

George Eustice claimed people who “want to work are finding it easy to find work”.

Citizens Advice research showed 67% of working claimants fear they will struggle to pay bills, fall into debt or be forced to sell belongings to make up for the £1,040-a-year shortfall in their income.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/universal-credit-cut-set-plunge-25048485