‘Choice between using shower or oven’: harsh realities of universal credit cut
Faced with rising bills and caring for disabled family, four people describe how they are already ‘barely surviving’
More than 800,000 people risk being pushed into poverty as a result of a cut to universal credit coming into effect on Wednesday, while 100,000 renters in England will be in danger of eviction.
The Resolution Foundation has described it as the largest ever overnight cut in benefits, and the government has been warned it will have a severe impact as it coincides with rising energy costs and food prices.
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