https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/universal-credit-mum-left-898-20131233 i added on 23sep2019 : A mum who said Universal Credit would have left her with £8.98 for a month has lost a High Court fight against the government. ,Charmaine Parkin, 34, said the six-in-one benefit threatened to push her out of self-employment by leaving her high and dry in spells when she found little work.