In a letter to the government, 4 chairs of chairs of cross-party committees in all four UK Parliaments say '...Ending the uplift would mean that the 6 million people claiming Universal Credit will lose £1040 in annual income overnight. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has estimated that removing the uplift would force 500,000 people, including 200,000 children, into poverty. Families on the lowest incomes, those with children and particularly single parents, BAME families, and families where someone is disabled are disproportionately affected. Even with the uplift in place, the Foundation calculates families unable to fnd work are getting £1,600 less per year in social security support than they would have done in 2011.'The government are currently insisting that the Universal Credit uplift will end in October 2021 as detailed on our Beneft Rates poster 2021/22.
Removing UC £20 Uplift Will Plunge an extra 500,000 People into Poverty
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