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More than 30,000 people warn against axing £20 a week benefits uplift
MORE than 30,000 people are urging the government not to remove the £20-a-week universal credit (UC) increase in next month’s Budget.
The benefits increase — amounting to £1,040 a year — was introduced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic last April to help millions of low-income households.
The government has not committed to retaining the benefits increase, despite growing levels of in-work poverty.
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