A temporary £20 increase to Universal Credit payments was introduced by the government last year in response to the pandemic, but the scheme is due to officially end on 6 October. Around 5.5million households across the UK claim universal credit and will face an income loss equivalent to £1,040 a year.
Research commissioned by Action for Children, conducted by the Child Poverty Action Group, found that the cut is set to compound other benefit cuts over the past decade, with people in certain jobs particularly affected.
Analysing a typical sole-earner family with two children in a selection of common low- to middle-income jobs, the research found that hairdressers will be worst off, losing an average of £1,982 a year after the cut, followed by pharmacy assistants (£1,946 average annual loss) and shelf stackers (£1,843).
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