CYP Now - Universal Credit cut to leave millions with income ‘below acceptable living standards’

The planned cut of the £20 Universal Credit uplift will leave families receiving less than half of the income required to have an acceptable standard of living, new analysis shows.

Millions of families could be left short when the benefit is cut. Picture: Adobe Stock

The annual Minimum Income Standard for the UK in 2021 (MIS) report, based on research carried out by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, acts as a benchmark of minimum living standards in the UK. It is based on detailed discussions with members of the public about what they think we all need to achieve an acceptable standard of living.

The research estimates that around two million people living in out of work households are likely to be living on incomes below half of the MIS if the planned cut to universal credit goes ahead.

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