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One man’s life, Britain, May 2020

Last month on BBC 1 one mid-morning we spoke to Paul Stewart. He’s a carpenter by trade. In April he moved from London to Bradford for a job working on railway stations. He rented a flat sharing with others.

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Unfortunately the firm didn’t start him on the job in the end because of the pandemic

(the campaign for people who were never able to take up new jobs and missed out on being furloughed is newstarterjustice.co.uk #newstarter )
Paul then applied for Universal Credit. That process was straightforward he told us, but actually getting any money wasn’t. No payment came thro’. He told us he was eligible for an advance (which you can get on Day 1 to tide you over) of......

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Then his landlord evicted him
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