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hi, jodine, how are you?t on her universal credit payments. i'm trying my hardest. that's all i can do, that's what anyone can do, is try their hardest, but it's like our hardest is just not enough. and she's not the only one. more than 2 million people have money deducted from their universal credit each month to repay debt, overpayments or advances. they did it in the pandemic. i think there's a very, very strong case, which i hope the government will accept, to do it now as well. we're a cross—party committee with a conservative majority, this is a consensus view of our committee, and i hope the government will take forward what we're proposing. the government say they've already reduced the amount that can be deducted each month, but those looking at the impact on those most in need don't think that's enough. the deductions that we're seeing have a huge impact on people's. ability to make ends meet. already, after ten years of cuts i and freezes to our social security |system, the basic rate of benefitsj

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life isn't easy for jodine at the moment. and she's not alone. i'm trying my hardest.arge of how much i'm able to provide for my children right now. she's got four kids and depends on her universal credit payments. right, so i'm meant to be entitled to 1,750 a month. but because there is a benefits cap, i am reduced to only... i think it's 1,350 a month. and then another 100 comes off of that. with rising prices and less money coming in, she's had to make some really hard decisions. like, i can't afford my life insurance any more, so that's really, really worrying. if something happens to me, my children are going to get nothing. i can't even do a decent food shop any more because...food just costs too much! half of all universal credit claimants have money taken out, claimants have money taken out before the payment hits their account, by an average of £62 less each month. the most common reason is to cover the five—week universal credit advance given when people moved over onto the system. but it can also be taken to repay crisis loans, debts to third parties like co

life isn't easy for jodine at the moment. and she's not alone. i'm trying my hardest.an do is just try their hardest, but it's like our hardest is just not enough. i will be blamed if i am not able to provide for my children. but it's not me that's in charge of how much i'm able to provide for my children right now. she's got four kids and depends on her universal credit payments. right, so i'm meant to be entitled to 1,750 a month. but because there is a benefits cap, i am reduced to only... i think its 1,350 a month. and then another 100 comes off of that. with rising prices and less money coming in, she's had to make some really hard decisions. like, i can't afford my life insurance any more, so that's really, really worrying. if something happens to me, my children are going to get nothing. i can't even do a decent food shop any more because...food just costs too much! half of all universal credit claimants have money taken out, before the payment hits their account, by an average of £62 less each month. the most common reason is to cover the five—week universal cr