As the £20-a-week UC uplift is withdrawn, we ask three women how it will affect them.
A £20-a-week increase to Universal Credit , brought in to help people on low incomes struggling through the Covid pandemic, is being withdrawn from Wednesday.
For a start, Harriet says she won't be able to do basic things, like go to the launderette as often. With a baby, that could be a problem. She'd like to go back to work, but with such a young baby "it's just not possible". "I had no choice but to go on it [Universal Credit]," she said. "It was a godsend because I wouldn't have managed otherwise. I have never been on benefits before in my life. I have always done three jobs."
Nicola said she knows she "physically" cannot go back to doing three jobs and isn't sure if she could go back to two. Deirdre said the £20-a-week UC uplift made a "massive" difference to her. Her daughter may not have been able to go to grammar school without the extra cash.
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