19th August, 2021.
Well …
We knew it was coming.
The £20 uplift to Universal Credit — the main unemployment benefit I’m on, as an unemployed person — comes to an end on 31st September.
I had a message about it from the DWP, last night.
For me, personally, and for my friends and neighbours who are in the same boat?
That’s one hell of a loss.
It is, after all, some £86 extra a month: £86 that makes life on the dole a lot more survivable.
For a single bloke like me, that’s money towards council tax, bills, food.
There’s families who will also be hit.
They’ll suffer a bit more, I think.
I’m upset about it: understandably.
It means Christmas is even more unaffordable than it was in 2020.
It means living is more unaffordable.
I’ll cope: there is help available.
I’ve also never voted Conservative: never.
I might: or at least, spoilt my vote, and not voted for others.
Had Boris Johnson’s government made the uplift permanent.
With Afghanistan occupying the news?
I see no sign of that change.
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