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March 4, 2021 · Benefit Cap | Blog | Budget | Campaigning | Covid-19 | Disability Rights | Ella Abraham | ESA & PIP | Legacy benefits | Universal Credit

Silence on the 2.5 million on legacy benefits from the Chancellor and the Leader of the Opposition

Ella Abraham responds to the Chancellor's budget, the inexcusable silence on the issue of those on legacy benefits not receiving the same £20 increase that those on Universal Credit have seen and why we need more from the Leader of the Opposition.

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February 18, 2021 · Anela Anwar | Budget | Covid-19 | Legacy benefits | Universal Credit

Why the £20 uplift in Universal Credit must be extended to those on legacy benefits

The past few months have seen organisations in the anti-poverty world coming together in a powerful campaign to challenge the Chancellor to keep the £20 a week increase in Universal Credit he introduced at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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October 12, 2018 · Blog | Budget | Council Tax Support | Marc Francis | Universal Credit

Universal Credit: the new Poll Tax?

Policy Director Marc Francis reflects on the latest warning from former PM John Major that Universal Credit is becoming the new Poll Tax

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