MP Neale Hanvey has slammed the impending £20 a week cut in universal credit as ‘cruel’ and ‘unnecessary’. KIRKCALDY and Cowdenbeath MP Neale Hanvey has slammed UK Government plans to cut universal credit as “cruel” and “unnecessary”.
He said the £20-a-week reduction in social security, an annual income drop of £1,040 for claimants, would "push Fifers into poverty overnight".
Mr Hanvey said: “This is a completely unnecessary cut at the very worst time."If Boris (Johnson) and his chums hadn’t noticed, there is still a global pandemic going on which has seen many people in my constituency face reduced hours at work, […]
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