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Parliamentary reporter
FOUR million households will each lose £1,040 a year in benefits on average if the government ends its temporary £20-a-week increase in universal credit (UC), according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The higher rate was introduced in April, after the coronavirus lockdown was imposed the month before, and is due to end in April next year.
A sharp rise in public-sector investment is required to kick-start the economy, argues MICHAEL BURKE
The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports