Universal Credit man left with £2.52 a day after energy bills

A young man has just £2.52 a day to live on after he struggles with low benefit payments, debt and rocketing energy bills a charity has said.

Christians Against Poverty told a meeting at the SNP conference about Kyle, a 19-year-old man, from near Kirkintilloch, outside Glasgow. Emma Jackson, of the charity, told the meeting which included Shirley-Ann Somerville, the Scottish Government social justice secretary, how he was struggling to feed himself on less than £18 a week.“It is woefully inadequate and he has deductions because of an advance and arrears.”tax and energy bills have mounted. Kyle struggles every day and has £250 a month left to pay for everything.“He is left with 17.67 a week to pay for everything else, £2.

She added his problem is made worse because not only is his income not enough to start with, he has deductions for debt.She listed a host of initiatives where she said the Scottish Government has invested money to improve incomes.Universal credit is at an appalling rate at the best of times and then people are sanctioned.

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