CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak was urged to extend the £20-a-week universal credit (UC) boost indefinitely today after a survey found that unemployed and disabled people are struggling to afford food.

Unite said the survey of its Community members, who include unemployed and disabled people, found 78 per cent of respondents could not live off UC payments, even with the uplift, as they struggled to pay for food and utility bills.

But 52 per cent said the extra money helped “a lot” to make ends meet.