Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeTop Tories including Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab are at risk of losing their seats from a voter revolt against Universal Credit cuts, Labour claimed tonight. In Mr Raab's Esher and Walton seat in Surrey, 5,520 claimants could be hit – 2,777 more than his 2,743 majority. Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has written to Cabinet Minister Thérèse Coffey urging her to abandon the autumn UC cut. “Families across the UK have spent the past year worried for their jobs and their family’s financial security. “The six-month extension to the uplift was a temporary measure to support households affected by the economic shock of Covid-19.

Source: Daily Mirror July 06, 2021 19:52 UTC