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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Henry Jones

One-off payments are not the right approach, says woman left with just £12

PA Wire

A woman left with just £12.36 to last her until June 18 has said Chancellor Rishi’s Sunak’s raft of one-off payments to tackle the cost-of-living crisis is the wrong approach for people like her, calling instead for an uplift to Universal Credit.

Carole Anne Wilson, 57, was forced to retire in 2019 after being diagnosed with a series of illnesses and lives alone in Wrexham, Wales.

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