direct to your inboxOver 500,000 people in the UK have been issued a warning as the benefits system changes for those on disability allowance. People are being given the option to move to Universal Credit, but some may not realise the changes.
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Universal Credit is a payment intended to help people out of work or on a low income with daily living costs. It is replacing six legacy benefits including Child Tax Credit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), and Working Tax Credit.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been unprecedented levels of claims for state benefits. Since March 3, 2020 the Department for Work and Pensions
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21.01.2021 / 19:28
Universal Credit cut would plunge 20,000 Scots children into poverty
poverty told MPs on the Commons Scottish Affairs committee that families will suffer if the temporary increase is scrapped in March.
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18.01.2021 / 19:02
'No decision' on Universal Credit uplift as Tories set to abstain from benefit vote
Universal Credit payments is yet to be made, Number 10 has said. It comes as Boris Johnson told his MPs to abstain from a Parliamentary vote on extending the £20 weekly benefit rise forced on by Labour.
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18.01.2021 / 11:43
Citizens Advice Scotland calls for £20 weekly Universal Credit uplift to be made permanent
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has called on the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to retain the £20 increase in Universal Credit ahead of a Westminster debate on Monday. New figures from the charity show that the proportion of benefits advice related to Universal Credit given out in Scotland between April and December 2020 increased by 10 per cent compared to the previous year.
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14.01.2021 / 12:35
Boris Johnson sparks fears Universal Credit payments could be cut by £20 per week from April
poorest families have been worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic's economic fall out and are likely to find it harder to recover as society rebuilds, a new report warns. People already trapped in poverty when Covid-19 hit were the most financially vulnerable and they tend to work in the sectors which have been hit hardest, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said.