Mr Johnson let down charities, Labour and dozens of Tory MPs by dismissing fears the £20-a-week Universal Credit cut will plunge 400,000 children into poverty. Benefit chiefs will start writing to claimants within weeks notifying them of the cut at the end of September. Six ex-Tory work and pension secretaries have warned the cut would ”damage living standards, health and opportunities" . "It is time the Government saw sense, backed struggling families and cancelled their cut to Universal Credit.”Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, said: “The decision to cut Universal Credit by £20 a week this October will cut the incomes of the poorest families by over 5% overnight. “But how can we level up when the government takes a conscious decision to weaken the social security system and cut families adrift from the support they so desperately need.

Source: Daily Mirror July 07, 2021 16:13 UTC