Universal credit: Single mums being forced into sex work

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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191025225001im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/2B2E/production/_107945011_14e941b6-3589-4389-b575-3dcd8df70af7.jpg" width="976" height="549"> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> Women say being left short of money by universal credit is forcing them to make desperate decisions </span> </figcaption> </figure><p class="story-body__introduction">"I would drop my son off on a Friday and start to get goosebumps thinking, 'I know what I've got to go and do tonight'."</p><p>Alison says she became a prostitute as a last resort after being left short of money by universal credit.</p><p>Her story is becoming familiar to the group of MPs looking into "survival sex" - women being forced into sex as a result of the changes to benefits.</p><p>"This is something that shouldn't be happening in a wealthy nation," says independent MP Heidi Allen, who's on that Work and Pensions Committee.</p><p>"I'm shocked, embarrassed and I'm angry."</p><div id="bbccom_mpu_1_2_3" class="bbccom_slot mpu-ad" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="bbccom_advert"> <script type="text/javascript"> /**/ (function() { if (window.bbcdotcom && bbcdotcom.adverts && bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync) { bbcdotcom.adverts.slotAsync('mpu', [1,2,3]); } })(); /**/ </script> </div> </div><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191025225001/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41487126" class="story-body__link">Universal credit</a> helps with living costs, replacing six benefits including housing benefit and child tax credit.</p><p>But since its introduction in 2013, it's been accused of making things harder for people receiving it.</p><p>Alison had her son - who is disabled - when she was 18 years old and has relied on the benefit system to support them both.</p><p>"There are some weeks after you've paid your bills, you don't have enough and you think, 'I have to do it'."</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="A woman holds her baby" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191025225001oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/041E/production/_107945010_3520973e-66b0-4706-876a-3f6e38214b16.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> An inquiry is looking into claims that women on universal credit are being forced to rely on sex work to survive </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>Alison is matter of fact about the situation.</p><p>She says making money to support herself and her son was always the priority, but admits the experiences have left her traumatised.</p><p>"I always have lots of showers. Once there was this guy, I could smell him on me afterwards - a big, disgusting man.</p><p>"He said he deliberately didn't wash for a week because he wanted to be near a woman that's clean. It's disgusting.</p><p>"One guy, his mum opened the door and he was in the shed in the back trying to make me do drugs, so I had to escape."</p><p>She pauses.</p><p>"I do get scared of dying - some men take things to a whole other level."</p><p>The Work and Pensions Committee - chaired by independent MP Frank Field - launched an inquiry in March after listening to the concerns of charities.</p><p>The English Collection of Prostitutes - which campaigns for the safety and decriminalisation of sex workers and has often linked universal credit to sex work - has given evidence to the group.</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Heidi Allen" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191025225001oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/F73C/production/_106229236_mediaitem106229234.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">PA</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> Heidi Allen says she quit the Conservative Party because "they've got it wrong" on universal credit </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>Heidi Allen says she quit the Conservative Party earlier in the year because of the party's rollout of universal credit.</p><p>"The welfare state should be there to pick you up when you are at your lowest. </p><p>"At the moment rather than a net that's holding people up, it's dragging them down and that's the bit we need to change."</p><p>Around 700,000 lone parents miss out on an average 拢2,380 per year because of universal credit, the Institute Of Fiscal Studies says.</p><p>Research economist Tom Waters says it's to do with timing: "You have to wait at least five weeks now to get your first benefit payment.</p><p>"Although the government has made advances available for that period, that can be a difficult time for people that don't have many other resources to draw on."</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="The government universal credit website" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191025225001oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/2A64/production/_107925801_mainpic.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> Many users with computer access say the "confusing" online system makes the process even more difficult </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>Alison says having a disabled son to care for makes it harder for her to find a job that fits her schedule.</p><p>"The government needs to get a system in where they can put enough money in people's banks.</p><p>"They really need to understand we're not like them - we haven't got loads of money."</p><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">'The testimonies changed my mind'</h2><p>Mrs Allen and Frank Field have been "humbled" by what people have shared with them around the UK.</p><p>Both will be making recommendations to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd, but Heidi Allen is worried.</p><p>"Amber's the best on this and gets it, but when we have a new Prime Minister [on 23 July] all the ministers will probably change.</p><p>"We could be back to the drawing board again."</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Many women have given anonymous evidence to a committee looking into the scale of the problem" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191025225001oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/17A24/production/_107940869_parliamentform.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">www.parliament.uk</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> Women have given anonymous evidence to a committee looking into the scale of the problem </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>"What changed my mind was hearing the testimony of some of the women in front of the committee," says MP Will Quince, a minister for family support at the Department of Work and Pensions.</p><p>He'd originally dismissed the link between sex work and universal credit as "anecdotal" but has now done a U-turn.</p><p>His job isn't safe either but he says that won't stop him from raising awareness.</p><p>"Don't underestimate our determination - even if I'm on the back benches we will continue to be a champion on this and other issues because we feel strongly about it."</p><p>Alison has not given evidence to the inquiry over fears of social services being alerted - which the commission has 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