A single mother diverted Universal Credit payments intended for welfare claimants into her own bank account to settle her cocaine debt.
28.10.2021 - 16:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Universal Credit has been improved with a new automatic process to ensure claimants receive more consistent benefit payments, even if their employer pays them early because of a Bank Holiday.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has changed its processes so that the Universal Credit system now automatically identifies claimants who receive a second monthly salary payment in one benefit assessment period.
This means that DWP staff will be able to move the second payment forward to the next
A single mother diverted Universal Credit payments intended for welfare claimants into her own bank account to settle her cocaine debt.
Some Universal Credit claimants have been told they must pay money they were entitled to back to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) because they have been unable to comply with requests to verify their details, according to the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).
More than two million benefit claimants could be due £1,500 in back payments if the UK Government loses a legal case due to be heard later this week on whether it was fair to exclude people on legacy benefits from receiving extra Coronavirus financial support.
More than 5.9 million people are currently claiming Universal Credit, a benefit designed to help those out of work or on a low income cover the costs of daily living.
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