Extend Covid measures or households face 'cliff edges', says Labour

Universal credit boost, ban on evictions and mortgage holiday must continue, party saysSee all our coronavirus coverageMany low- and middle-income households will face financial hardship unless ministers maintain support for those who have lost their jobs or experienced steep cuts in income during the second wave of Covid-19, Labour has said.The shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds, said in a new year message to Rishi Sunak that the chancellor must extend a range of Covid-19 rescue measures due to run out over the next three months “to protect struggling households from financial ruin”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/01/covid-measures-labour-universal-credit-evictions #economics #business #borrowing_&_debt #money #coronavirus #uk_news #benefits #science