Petitions/End the practice of combining couples' Universal Credit into a single payment
StatusClosed
Opened7 Nov 2025
Closes7 May 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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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

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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Constituency engagement ranking

John Slinger
1John Slinger MP
Rugby
4
Ed Davey
2Ed Davey MP
Kingston and Surbiton
3
Baggy Shanker
3Baggy Shanker MP
Derby South
2
Naushabah Khan
4Naushabah Khan MP
Gillingham and Rainham
2
Hilary Benn
5Hilary Benn MP
Leeds South
2
Pippa Heylings
6Pippa Heylings MP
South Cambridgeshire
2
Andrew Griffith
7Andrew Griffith MP
Arundel and South Downs
1
Liam Conlon
8Liam Conlon MP
Beckenham and Penge
1
Mohammad Yasin
9Mohammad Yasin MP
Bedford
1
Preet Kaur Gill
10Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
1
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