End the practice of combining couples' Universal Credit into a single payment

Change how couples payments work to protect people who are in a relationship with an abusive partner. Currently Universal Credit pays couples into one account rather than two separate accounts. This can enable more abuse as the victim wouldn't be able to easily and safely escape an abusive partner

48 Signatures

Status
Open
Opened
Friday 7th November 2025
Last 24 hours signatures
1
Signature Deadline
Thursday 7th May 2026
Estimated Final Signatures: 74

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To fix this you should remove the couples benefits and have the payment split over two accounts, or offer easier support that can't be tracked by the abuser to leave the relationship.


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