This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Universal credit payment rise
Rejected on
If you are on your own and living with your parents
You should get more money if you are buying birthday presents /Christmas presents. paying for the bus fares / mobile phone credit and clothing then £251.77 per month is not enough
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/252845
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