DOMINIC Raab has insisted ending the £20 uplift to Universal Credit will help families escape the “welfare trap” and find better paid jobs. The Deputy PM swatted away fears millions of …
The Deputy PM said: "Our vision for the economy as we bounce back from this terrible pandemic, employment rising, youth unemployment going down, is also to make sure that wages are rising.
He also said it was "clearly unsustainable long term" to keep pandemic financing in place and the UC uplift was "always going to be temporary".He said it would be wise for ministers to "give ourselves four or five months" to see how the recovery from the pandemic pans out.Heating or eating The Resolution Foundation think tank warned the cut will see 4.4m households, including 3.5m children, lose £1,000 a year overnight.
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