10% of universal credit payment is deducted, figures show

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‘Our benefits system was created to anchor people from being swept into poverty – so why is the government clawing back £1 in every £10 paid to people most in need of our support?’

Deductions are also made to pay off advance payments, which are offered to claimants when they first move onto the new benefit system to support them financially during the controversial five-week wait for universal credit. Currently there are around 850,000 claimants with an advance repayment in place.

 

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