UNIONS, political parties and activists rallied around Sheffield’s Stop and Scrap Universal Credit campaign on Friday.

Campaigners in Sheffield have revealed a catalogue of injustice suffered by victims of universal credit in their city.

They have gathered evidence of the suffering forced on the city’s poorest people in Sheffield’s most deprived areas.

“We have picked up shocking stories of real hardship at these stalls, including one person who was ‘sanctioned’ for being 10 minutes late for an appointment because her bus didn’t turn up,” said Martin Mayer, acting chair of the campaign and secretary of Sheffield Trade Union Council.

He said: “During the summer, many families were struggling to put food on the table simply because during summer holidays there were no free school dinners for the kids.”

The campaigners also handed a petition against universal credit to Sheffield Heeley Labour MP Louise Haigh.