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U.K. Rescue Plan Under Strain as 1 Million Turn to Welfare
- 950,000 extra universal credit recipients since lockdown began
- Ministers warn banks as loans fail to reach companies
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Almost one million people have claimed “universal credit” welfare payments in the U.K. in the past two weeks, exposing the massive economic hit from Boris Johnson’s coronavirus lockdown.