Universal credit is available to many people in work, as well as jobseekers. Critics – including its architect Duncan Smith – have said the country’s poorest cannot afford the cut, which is being applied to assessments from Wednesday and will begin to take effect in a week, with the last families receiving the payment about a month later.
TheresaCoffey on the eve of cuts to UniversalCredit Despicable woman or what ! Tory DWP chief belts out 'Time of My Life' before cutting benefits for millions
Who chose the photo on page 7 to illustrate the Universal Credit cut? A man lighting up in the doorway of a pub! How about a woman in a supermarket wondering how to feed her family or dashing home to pick up her children after she'd worked extra hours to keep them warm.