'I have spent five years in survival mode. I am emotionally and mentally exhausted. It is not living, merely existing'
A mum from Lancashire has spoken about how she struggles to survive on Universal Credit and admits she has had to sell her daughter's bike to pay the bills.
READ MORE: Lancashire man saved a life after noticing something was wrong - now he's doing even more to help those in need In order to pay her bills, Lowri had to sell her daughter's bike. The sacrifice left her feeling "like a failure as a mother". The report is written by poverty expert and Loughborough University Professor Donald Hirsch. Professor Hirsch finds that the support on offer from the government will fall at least £1,600 short of the anticipated rise in living costs faced by a couple with two children.
"The flat rate emergency payments announced so far leave families with children particularly far behind, because they are not sensitive to the extra costs that children bring. A new package needs to address the fact that by the autumn, living costs could have risen by as much as 14% for low income families, who have received only a 3% increase in benefits.
"We need targeted support for families on the lowest-incomes, not just cuts in taxes or flat rate payments which don't account for the specific needs of people on the brink of poverty. There should be no argument that a permanent increase in Universal Credit is the only way to take a sure step towards a solution.
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