Despite living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, around 90% of low-income households receiving Universal Credit are going without essentials, driving more and more people into hardship and through the doors of food banks. Sign our petition calling on UK political party leaders to take action.
Losing your job, needing to care for a sick family member, breaking up with your partner – these are things that can happen to any of us. Our social security system should offer adequate support to anyone in need of help. Right now it isn’t even providing enough to cover life’s essentials.
Sign our petition
You can help by signing our petition to UK political party leaders to take action. We’re asking them to support the introduction of an Essentials Guarantee within Universal Credit, to ensure that the basic rate at least covers life’s essentials, such as food and bills, and can never be pulled below that level.
