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Benefit cut will leave jobless families unable to live decently, research finds

Anti-poverty study’s findings pile pressure on ministers to retain £20 Universal Credit Covid uplift

The £20-a-week cut to universal credit in October will leave out-of-work families with children barely half the income needed to achieve a socially-acceptable basic standard of living, according to new research.

Many working families will also struggle to reach minimum income standards, it found, with a single parent in full-time work on the national living wage left £46 short each week – growing to £66 when the £20 universal credit uplift is removed.

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