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15,675 PEOPLE IN WEST LOTHIAN HIT BY UK GOVERNMENT PLANS TO CUT UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Published date : 21 January 2021

 New figures published showing plans to remove the £20 uplift in Universal Credit by the UK Government will have a detrimental effect on many people across the Almond constituency. 
 
Latest statistics show that in November 2020 there were 15,675 people claiming Universal Credit in West Lothian in November 2020. If all these people remain on Universal Credit until April, then they will...