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Laura Abernethy & Almara Abgarian & Emma Munbodh

Dad goes from claiming Universal Credit to earning 7-figure salary using charity loan

A dad who grew up in a "rough" low income area and had to sign onto Universal Credit in his 20s has revealed how he turned things around – now pulling in seven figures and giving his family a better life.

At 24, Aaron Branch, 31, from Birmingham, found himself on Universal Credit, struggling to make ends meet while living with his girlfriend's [Holly] family.

Having grown up in a neighbourhood where he was mugged as a teenager and "constantly had to look over his shoulder', he dreamed of the day when he could escape.

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