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Universal Credit and Sanctions

What are sanctions? Sanctions are where you get some or all of your money stopped if you are on: Employment and Support Allowance, (ESA), Job Seekers Allowanace, (JSA), or Universal Credit, (UC). They of were brought in by the Labour Government, but there has been a spike in the use sanctions since 2010 when the Tory/Lib Dem coalition came to

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