Around 3,300 people are being hit by the deductions to repay debts
Thousands of families and individuals on Universal Credit are having an average of £60 taken from their benefits payments every month.
With £60 on average being docked, this money is often used to repay upfront loans that struggling claimants were forced to take out as they waited five weeks for their first Universal Credit payment. “That’s what I’ll be asking Labour and the Tories in Westminster when I present my proposal to bring an end to this injustice.”
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