taxe would need to rise if universal credit uplift is to stay – minister -- taxe would need to rise to keep the £ universal credit uplift in place beyond the end of this month a minister has argued -- but business minister paul scully said that income taxe and fuel duty would probably have to go up to pay for the £ billion benefit bonus to -- “but if you were to reverse the universal credit as it is you would have to put up income taxe by the equivalent of a penny and p on fuel -- what you done want to doing for the lowest paid in particular is giving with one hand and taking and increasing taxe with the other business minister paul scully -- mr scully however said that extending the uplift could mean that those working benefit claimants were hit with fresh taxe put to him that “most people would accept putting a penny on income taxe” to pay to keep the uplift he added “what ie m saying is you have to find £ billion from somewhere and what you done want to doing for the lowest paid in particular is giving with one hand and taking and increasing taxe with the other” -- taxe would need to rise if universal credit uplift is to stay – minister taxe would need to rise if universal credit uplift is to stay – minister -- taxe would need to rise if universal credit uplift is to stay – minister