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To The DWP - Department for Work and Pensions

Millions of citizens have been moved or will be moved from the Tax Credit system to Universal Credit.
Discrimnatingly and disappointingly the Universal Credit system does not allow the self-employed to off-set all relevant expenses to their business or trade and use their actual net income.
An Uber driver for example is only able to off set expenses on a mileage basis. Driver A earned a gross of £3000. He used £600 in fuel, paid £150 in insurance, £15 in road tax, and spent £200 on new tyres. The driver also spent £1200 on mechanical repairs to his vehicle that month. He covered 3300 miles to earn that income.
Under the Tax Credit system he was permitted to rightfully claim for all the above expenses as they are direct to his self-employment. Under Universal Credit he was only allowed set expenses rates based on his mileage : 45p a mile for the 1st 833 miles and 25p a mile therafter to cover ALL the above mentioned costs - which gave him an expenses allowance of only circa £1,000 - leaving him almost £1,000 out of expenses.
The Universal Credit system will push 10s of 1000s in to further poverty and make it impossible to sustain themselves causing considerable further burdens on them and the possibility of becoming unsustainable.

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Universal Credit needs to permit the self-employed to off-set all their relevant expenses to give an actual and real net income figure so they are not left short changed and driven into poverty.

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