As of this month, universal credit rates are: Single and under 25 - £316.98 per month (was £311.68) Single and 25 or over - £400.14 per month (was £393.45) Live with partner, both under 25 ...

After a very short stint in prison, they are then released with "very minimal money, nowhere to live sometimes", with many of them without close family and a history in the care system.