A radical plan that would see Universal Credit scrapped and all adults receive a minimum weekly payment of £163.50 has been proposed by a group of past and present benefit claimants.
The Commission on Social Security has described the plan as a "streamlined" way of keeping millions of people across the UK out of poverty as the proposed payment of £163.50 would be half the amount of the current minimum wage, reports Mirror Online.
The minimum Universal Credit rate will be around £75 per week for those over the age of 25 from April 11, however, people with disabilities, children and housing needs are entitled to benefit top-ups.
