My benefits were cut to just £1.88 a month… it destroyed me & I’ve plunged into £3k debt – I’ll die with ‘black mark’

A PENSIONER has revealed he was forced into £3,000 debt after his Universal credit payments were cut to a mere £1.88 a month.

Daniel Walsh, 74, claimed the DWP has “destroyed” him mentally and financially over the last eight months.

The issues began last year when his wife, Esperanza, 48, – who he shares a joint Universal Credit claim with – started her university Master’s course.

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