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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Cost-of-living crisis: Minister rules out restoring £20-per-week universal credit uplift

REUTERS

A Treasury minister has ruled out restoring the £20-per-week uplift to universal credit as a measure to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

Despite calls from senior Conservative MPs and anti-poverty campaigners, Simon Clarke, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said: “That is not going to return”.

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