Universal Credit: payments will be split in cases of domestic violence, says minister

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Universal Credit payments will be split between men and women in domestic violence situations, a minister has said.The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Minister for Women and Equalities, Maria Miller (pictured), was responding to a question from MP Yvette Cooper in the House of Commons yesterday.Cooper voiced concerns that stopping payments to a main carer and having a single payment go to a household could make things harder in cases of financial coercion. Miller replied: "We have r...

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