Universal Credit Advance Payments should be Non-refundable
Channel: Martyn Day MP
Date: 2020-09-21

Universal Credit isn’t fit for purpose, it’s roll out needs halted now, and the problems fixed. 

There is no doubt that the five week wait for the first payment is causing misery for my constituents, as is the problem of four weekly pay seriously reducing the award in the month two incomes are received.

Figures obtained by Chris Stephens MP show the impact of the advance payments on hard pressed families.  Locally in May 3,700 advance payment claimants in Linlithgow and East Falkirk had their UC payments reduced by an average of 81% or £57.

For people moving onto universal credit, having no non-repayable income for at least five weeks can create significant financial hardship, thereby entrenching people into poverty. 

Forcing families to choose between experiencing hardship during the five-week wait, or experiencing ongoing hardship through reduced monthly payments thereafter.


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