LONDON (CU)_In March last year, the government of the United Kingdom introduced a £20 rise in universal credit and tax credits as a one-year measure, with the aim of helping claimants adjust to the extra costs they bore on account of the pandemic. A couple of months ago, Work and Pensions Minister Thérèse Coffey confirmed that the uplift, which was extended for six more months, will return to pre-pandemic levels at the end of September.
Number 10 insists that as the economy opens up and begins to recover from the pandemic, the raise in the social security payment will…
