Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to use its powers under the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 to introduce an automatic Scottish top-up payment that fully mitigates the UK Government’s reduction of the Universal Credit LCWRA element for new claimants in Scotland from 6 April 2026.
Petitioner: Sviatoslav Rozenko
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 24 June 2026
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SPICe Briefing (187KB, pdf) posted 20 August 2026
PE2222/A: Scottish Government written submission, 31 July 2026 (91KB, pdf) posted 20 August 2026