lockdowns.Chancellor Rishi Sunak has proposed giving the grant to people who receive the country’s main unemployment and wage support benefit – Universal Credit – instead of extending a temporary increase on the welfare payments, according to The Times.Nearly 6 million working-age households currently receive Universal Credit but, compared to countries across Europe, the welfare benefit is low.The government temporarily increased it by £20 per week at the start of the pandemic but this is due to expire at the end of March.The Times, without citing sources, claim Sunak will announce the new plans at an annual budget on March 3.Asked about the reports, a spokesman for the Treasury declined to comment on specific proposals and said no decision.