Join the fight to keep six million families afloat
The £20 a week increase to Universal Credit made at the beginning of the pandemic but which is due to end in April has been a lifeline for struggling families.
With unemployment set to hit 1980s levels, we need the government to keep this £20 a week lifeline and extend it to legacy benefits too. Don’t let families be pushed into poverty next Spring.
ACT NOW
Please take a minute to email your local Councillors. Simply pop your postcode in the box below to get started. Ask your councillors to submit our model motion to the next full council meeting. Read our model motion here. It is in their interest to put pressure on the Prime Minister and his Chancellor to maintain this income boost, because without it in April millions of families could be pushed into poverty and in need of support from their councils.
Why keep the £20? Share your story
The fact is the UK has one of most un-generous social security systems in comparable European countries. The £20 a week increase has only highlighted that the level of benefits were simply not enough to protect the growing number of households forced to turn to them when the crisis hit. It provides a vital boost to the economy as well through higher household spending! If you have a story to tell about Universal Credit and why the £20 a week rise should be kept, please use this form to share it with us.
