Scots left 'destitute' as DWP claws back £250 from claimants each month in sanctions on average
Scots relying on benefits are facing "destitution" as they face crippling sanctions on their monthly benefits, an SNP MP has warned.
Sanction rates have risen after a Covid amnesty was lifted and Tory ministers tightened work search rules. Previously, claimants who worked fewer than nine hours a week on minimum wage were told to search for more work, or face a sanction.Last week the Autumn Statement revealed a further 600,000 people - already working up to 35 hours a week - will be told to look for more hours, or risk face a sanction.
Andrew Forsey, director of the Feeding Britain charity, which runs the Good Food Scotland programme, said: "Deductions and sanctions are two of the main recruiting sergeants for food banks.
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