A mum-of-five said she doesn't know how her family will survive a £20 cut to her Universal Credit payments.
The benefit, which accounts for the majority of welfare benefits claimed by people in the UK, was increased in April 2020 to help people cope with the Covid pandemic - but that is set to end in a few weeks.
Shannon Brown described the cut as "cruel" and said she will struggle to feed and clothe her children as a result.
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Shannon, 25, told Hull Live: "I have been using the money to pay for bills and other necessities and now that they're taking it away, I am going to be in so much debt just so I can support my family. It is out of order.
"It is cruel to people who have kids that are living off the minimum amount they give you."
Shannon, who was with her two-year-old Khaos at the Job Centre in Britannia House, Hull, said it is a lot harder on her financially now that her son is a toddler, as the cost of necessities for the family has gone up with more food, shoes and clothes.
She is also pregnant with another child and worries about how she would be able to support all of them with a reduction in her benefits.
Shannon said: "They are taking £87 off me, it may not seem like a lot to some people but to me, it makes a big difference."
"It is not fair what they have done, a lot of people are going to suffer because of that."
The increase was introduced in April 2020 to help people cope with the Covid pandemic.
It will be withdrawn between early October and early November as ministers say society is returning to normal after Covid.
However, critics say the biggest overnight benefit cut since the Second World War will hit millions just as furlough ends.
John Ainley, 62, said he was made redundant from work in October 2019 and has had to rely on benefits ever since. He gets £63 a week which he says is not enough to live off on.
He said: "The first thing I do when I get the money is pay my rent because I don't want to get evicted. So I only eat a couple of times a week, and now they are taking £20 from that.
"It is just mad, I'll probably have to be outside begging now."
Another man, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he was let go from work at the beginning of the pandemic and has actively been looking for work since.
He said he and his wife are both unemployed so he has to spend 12 hours a day looking for jobs for both of them.
He is only getting £500 a month currently and is expected to lose £86 after the uplift is taken away. Because of this, he says, they have to choose between internet and putting food on the table.
"If they take away the money and we cannot pay for our internet, how are we supposed to be looking for jobs every day?" he added.
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