Ruling Looms On Benefit Lift As PM Ponders £1k Handouts
Daily Express|January 26, 2021
A Decision on whether to extend extra payments to help benefit claimants through the pandemic will be announced “shortly”, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said.
Martyn Brown
Ruling Looms On Benefit Lift As PM Ponders £1k Handouts

Therese Coffey said she is “actively considering” with Chancellor Rishi Sunak how to continue supporting people amid pleas to keep the £20 Universal Credit uplift.

Downing Street is also reported to be thinking of making a £1,000 one-off payment as a replacement for the weekly increase.

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