Over 1.4 million people across the UK have applied for state welfare support since social distancing measures were introduced towards the end of March in a global effort to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Benefits claimants asked to apply for DWP jobs handing out Universal Credit after staff processed almost a million new claims
03.04.2020 - 15:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Benefits claimants are being invited to apply for jobs handing out Universal Credit as staff deal with an “unprecedented” number of claims.
And staff at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have been asked to refer friends and family for temporary roles as they work to process an “extraordinary” number of benefits applications.
Almost 950,000 claims for Universal Credit (UC) have been processed since March 16 as the effects of Britain’s coronavirus lockdown begins to bite.
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