Staffordshire University report says benefit changes could reduce City’s economy by £30m
Over £30m could be lost from Stoke-on-Trent’s economy in the next year if planned cuts to Universal Credit go ahead, according to academics at Staffordshire UniversityMore than 30,000 households across Stoke-on-Trent will be more than £1,000 worse off if government presses ahead with plans to withdraw the £20 ‘uplift’ introduced as part of the measures to help households through the pandemic. The stark statistics are contained in a new report ‘Powering Up or Reducing Inequalities?’ which assesses the impact of benefit cuts and the withdrawal of the