'I slept with a married man for £20 on Christmas Day because Universal Credit left me so skint - now I see 15 men a week'
telling how Charlotte was left with just £1.64 a day to live on after bills.
Universal Credit replaces six benefits with a single monthly payment. One million people are already receiving it and by the time the system is fully rolled out in 2023, nearly 7 million will be on it. That's why The Sun has launched our Make Universal Credit work. We demand the Government makes the following changes to help hard-working famililes before it's too late.The government must slash the time Brits wait for their first Universal Credit payments from five to two weeks, helping stop 7 million from being pushed into debt.The work allowance should be increased and the taper rate should be slashed from from 63p to 50p, helping at least 4 million families.
She moved onto Universal Credit in January 2018 but fell £500 behind on her rent while waiting for her first payment and was threatened with eviction.“Something always goes wrong - five weeks is too much. I’m still just about managing now. At one point, after she'd paid the rest of her bills, she was left with just £1.64 a day for her and her son to live on.
IF you're experiencing trouble applying for your Universal Credit, or the payments just don't cover costs, here are your options:e - Claimants are able to get some cash within five days rather than waiting weeks for their first payment. But it's a loan which means the repayments will be automatically deducted from your future Universal Credit pay out.
Officials say that advances are available from day one on Universal Credit - and that Brits can get up to 100 per cent of their cash upfront if they need it.
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