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
24 September 2026: The Committee agreed to write to Citizens Advice Scotland, the Child Poverty Action Group and Glasgow Disability Alliance to seek their views on the petition.
Meeting of the Public Petitions Committee, 24 September 2026
PE2222/A: Scottish Government written submission, 31 July 2026 (91KB, pdf) posted 20 August 2026
PE2222/B: Petitioner written submission, 21 August 2026 (107KB, pdf) posted 07 September 2026