Extend Covid measures or households face 'cliff edges', says Labour
by Phillip Inman from on (#5CA7D)
Universal credit boost, ban on evictions and mortgage holiday must continue, party says
Many 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".
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