Thousands of 18 to 24 year olds had their Universal Credit hit amid concerns the punishment system is too harsh
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New figures commissioned by the SNP show that in August 2019 1,398 young people were under sanction - 3.5 per cent of all cases. As Chancellor, Rishi Sunak was blasted by anti-poverty campaigners for slashing Universal Credit by £20 a week after he initially increased it by the same amount. Scottish politics “Right now, there are more people claiming unemployment benefit than there are job vacancies in the economy. Just think about that for a second. And that is happening under a Conservative government. That is clearly not right, something has gone wrong.”
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