Benefit Plans Could Push Some Over The Edge
It’s claimed plans to change benefits could leave those already struggling in County Durham being pushed over the edge.
It is claimed plans to change benefits could leave those already struggling in County Durham being pushed over the edge.
That is what Citizens Advice in County Durham has told us.
The government have already set out plans to take benefits away from the obese, young people who don’t do community work, and those with drink and drug addictions.
Neil Bradbury from Citizens Advice said: “The pace of changes in benefits is immense at the moment, and there’s more and more proposals and changes coming in.
“We’ve seen a massive increase in the number of people coming in, either worried about benefits changing or their benefits are changing.”
Citizens Advice are dealing with cuts themselves and believe it’ll only going to get harder when universal credit is rolled out later this year.