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Poorest Scots set to lose £100 per month

- CHRIS MCCALL

THE poorest Scots stand to lose £100 per month due to Universal Credit cuts and rising household bills, research shows.

The UK Government is ploughing ahead with a decision to end the £20-perweek uplift for benefit claimants despite dire warnings it will plunge thousands of people into poverty.

Spread over 12 months, the cut means Universal Credit claimants will lose out on £1040 at a time when rising fuel costs are expected to squeeze incomes.

Research by the impartial House of Commons Library estimates that households face an average increase of £11.96 in fuel bills per month, with food bills increasing by at least £1.36.

It comes as UK Labour leader Keir Starmer attacked Boris Johnson for “putting up tax on small businesses and slashing Universal Credit.

He told the party conference in Brighton yesterday: “We have a fuel crisis, a pay crisis, a goods crisis and a cost of living crisis - all at the same time.