We need better wages – not a universal credit tweak Brief letters

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Universal credit | Saturday magazine | Jonathan Franzen | Secondhand books | Scathing commentsI may be missing something (Ministers consider plan to ease £20-a-week universal credit cut, 23 September), but surely the point of employment is that if someone works full-time, they should be able to earn enough to keep themselves and their family housed and fed? If they can’t, it’s wages that need to rise, not UC “taper rates” that should go down.Sylvia RoseTotnes, Devon• New Saturday and What’s On magazines – like having a Christmas Radio Times every week.Toby WoodPeterborough Continue reading...

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