The Chief Executive of South Ayrshire Council will write to the UK Government to demand that the £20 increase to Universal Credit is made permanent and extended to claimants on legacy benefits.
It comes after UK Government plans to cut the benefit level for millions of claimants from April 2021 by ending the time limited increase to the basic rate of Universal Credit.
The council believes that the £20 weekly boost highlighted how existing benefits were not enough to protect the increasing number of households who came to
rely on them following COVID-19.
Chief Executive Eileen Howat will write to Chancellor Rishi Sunak and PM Boris Johnson to demand that the £20 increase stays.
Council Leader Peter Henderson said: “The increase was a welcome boost to many families income across South Ayrshire, not to mention the direct impact it had on the local economy, and its removal would be a huge loss.”
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