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MORE than one million people who claimed benefits during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic are having money regularly deducted from their payments, new research has found.
Nearly two thirds — or 63 per cent — of people who claimed for universal credit (UC) between March and June are living on less than they are assessed to need due to the deductions, the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) said.
This compares to 1.85m claimants with deductions made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) while receiving UC in August – 41 per cent of the total.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
