Families on Universal Credit – Britain’s primary welfare system – are seven times more likely to face a crisis paying their bills and debts than others, according to new research for Sky News from the Resolution Foundation.
The research provides further evidence of the financial pressures the lowest income groups are likely to face this winter, especially if, as planned, their weekly allowances are reduced by £20.
Sky’s economics editor Ed Conway has been speaking to some families about how they will manage the cost.
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