The upcoming cut to Universal Credit will cut the health element in half for new claimants (£217/month instead of £430).
If you become disabled in the future or your health gets worse, you could get significantly less support than those claiming today, creating a 2-tiered system:
Briefing by Victoria Anns on how the Universal Credit Bill will create a two-tiered system for disabled people.
“That the universal credit cut will affect new claimants says the quiet part out loud: anyone can become disabled or ill. And every time governments slash the safety net, we can’t know if it’ll be us, a loved one or stranger who will fall through it.”
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