Data shows areas with high numbers of unemployed and disabled will be worse off, says thinktank
The average low-income family in the UK’s most deprived areas – including “left behind” communities in the north of England – is likely to be worse off under universal credit, according to a study by the Resolution Foundation.
Although the government’s reversal of some of the cuts it made five years ago to universal credit will make the average UK family £1 a week better off than under previous benefits, the study says those living in the poorest areas will be on average worse off.
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