Universal Credit - "it's a choice between heating and food"
Stacey from Bristol is 35, a mum-of-two and a widow. She works full-time and says losing the 拢20 uplift will leave her having to choose between heating and eating.
A 拢20-a-week increase to universal credit - brought in to help people on low incomes struggling through the Covid pandemic - has ended.
For many people that 拢20 has been a lifeline. The government says the extra money was always going to be temporary - designed to help claimants through the economic shock and financial disruption of the toughest stages of the pandemic. But MPs, pressure groups and charities have argued it should be kept in place to help those who are struggling.
40% of people who get universal credit are employed full-time. Stacey is one of them. She鈥檚 35 and she鈥檚 a widow - her partner Matt was killed in a car-crash three years ago. Stacey shares with the 麻豆社's Jon Kay how the reduction will affect her life. This is 5 Minutes on the impact of losing the uplift.
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