The Department for Work and Pensions has been urged to give millions of low-income families a £25 per week boost.
The government has been urged to reverse the decision to end the £20 per week Universal Credit top-up that was implemented during the pandemic. The increase, which amounted to an extra £1,560 per year, was discontinued in October 2021, with the DWP stating that it was only ever intended as a temporary measure. However, according to Birmingham Mail, new research has shown that the removal of the upliftpushed 100,000 people into dire poverty during the 2022/2023 period.
David Linden, Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Social Justice) and a member of the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee, has called for the reinstatement of the uplift, proposing an increase to £25 per week. He argued that the increase should not only apply to Universal Credit claimants but also to other means-tested benefits, resulting in a monthly payment increase of £100 for all eligible recipients.
