Stop the cuts, Universal credit cut will come as shock for claimants

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop the cut for universal credit the government failing to prepare struggling low-income families for October’s £20-a-week cut in universal credit payments will be devastating for all universal credit claimants it will be £87 a month out of the pay for the single claiming

Separate surveys carried out by poverty charities indicate that between 18% and 36% of claimants did not know their income would fall by £90 a month or £1,050 a year after September – the biggest cut to social security payments since the second world war.Citizens Advice has also highlighted low awareness of the cut, with frontline advisers reporting “major concerns” and high levels of anxiety among clients over how they will cope without the extra £20 a week.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action:

Make the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit permanent.
Make the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit permanent.

Timeline

21 Aug 2021	Petition opened for signatures
24 Aug 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Aug 2021

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