SHETLAND Islands Council, opposition politicians and the local Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB) have united in strongly condemning the UK Government’s planned £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit.
CAB estimates that the cumulative impact of the policy, due to take effect on 6 October, will cost families in the islands nearly £1.3 million a year, while the Shetland Greens describe it as “a policy dripping with cruelty”. Coming in tandem with the furlough scheme for workers drawing to a close at the end of September and the expectation of the highest energy price rises in a decade, CAB says that combination […]
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