People on legacy benefits hit out at £20 Universal Credit uplift exclusion ahead of court case next month

Universal Credit on people’s lives. Officials said the information does not exist as the uplift was only “temporary”.

claiming Universal Credit, a benefit designed to help those out of work or on a low income cover the costs of daily living. September will see the furlough scheme draw to a close, applications for the final Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant and the ending of the weekly £20 uplift to Universal Credit - which in itself creates an air of uncertainty for those relying on state support.

The Prime Minister hit back: “What we are doing is protecting people on low incomes up and down the country.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently published its ‘Shaping Future Support: the Health and Disability Green Paper’ which outlined the UK Government’s proposals to improve the experience of disabled people and those with health conditions using their services.

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Openreach has announced it will scrap connection fees for access to its superfast broadband network for those who receive Universal Credit with no other earnings from next month.

Chancellor and Prime Minister have determinately signalled the £6 billion of additional benefit costs will come to sharp end despite the government’s own analysis warning of an approaching poverty cliff edge. Whitehall sources reported in the Financial Times newspaper on Thursday said: “The internal modelling of ending the UC uplift is catastrophic.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a new rule change to Universal Credit to ensure claimants receive more consistent benefit payments every month, even if their employer pays them early because the pay date falls on a weekend, Monday or Bank Holiday. The DWP has implemented a new automatic process so that the Universal Credit system now automatically identifies claimants who receive a second monthly salary payment in one benefit assessment period.

ending the uplift to the benefit next month despite pleas from several Tory MPs and numerous anti-poverty charities. A survey by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) found 74% of its users who claim Universal Credit said they would be unable to cope with the reduction in payment, while 26% said they would no longer be able to pay for essentials, and 14% said they would no longer be able to pay for food.

uplift to the benefit which was introduced at the height of the first coronavirus lockdown last year - despite several high-profile party members urging Boris Johnson it must be kept. Numerous charities and anti-poverty campaigners have warned that removing the uplift will plunge hundreds of thousands of people across the UK into poverty.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are at risk of losing access to their money from December, if it currently goes into a Post Office Card account (POCa). POCa has been a way for benefit claimants to collect their cash since 2003 and was introduced to provide a “simple” banking facility for those without access to regular bank accounts.

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low incomes will slip into poverty. Coffey confirmed that the increase will end as planned on 6 October in a response to a letter issued by cross-party committees from Westminster, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Welsh Senedd and the Scottish Parliament.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has started writing to nearly six million people across the UK confirming their Universal Credit payment will be cut by £20-a-week from October 1, 2021. Despite many vocal objections to the ending of the uplift, brought in at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020, the DWP plans to go ahead with the monthly reduction.

Universal Credit. Scottish Lib Dems have called out the nationalists on a “Reject the Crunch” website which encourages voters to take action against chancellor Rishi Sunak’s planned £20-a-week cut to the benefit.