The number of people on Universal Credit has increased in all 10 boroughs again – and it’s happened almost every month since the pandemic began

a two day visit to Scotland, insisted the best way to tackle poverty was to help more people into work. Analysis by the respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggests that cutting Universal Credit by £20 per week back to its pre-pandemic level was the single biggest drop in benefits since the welfare state was established in 1948.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a change this month that will have an impact on at least 200,000 self-employed people across Scotland and the rest of the UK currently claiming Universal Credit.

State Pension age, but need extra help because of a long-term illness, disability or mental health condition, you could be eligible for a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and receive between £23.70 and £152.15 every week. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) pays successful claimants every four week, so that amounts to between £94.80 and £608.60 of regular financial support each month.

Universal Credit. As the Tory chancellor arrives north of the Border today, he was sent a cross-party message from politicians and campaigners that he is endangering trust in the UK Government by plunging thousands of Scottish children into poverty.

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) spoke to more than 600 people who have recently applied for Universal Credit (UC) and discovered that seven in ten found the process difficult.

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people in financial difficulty or face "interventions" from the regulator. New research shows that many people on low incomes are struggling to afford internet access and not all of them are receiving support from their supplier, Ofcom said.

poverty. They also called for the permanent uplift to apply to so-called “legacy” benefits.

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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is introducing a change this month that will have an impact on hundreds of thousands of Universal Credit claimants. There are more than four million self-employed people in the UK, with 746,000 relying on financial support from the DWP to top up their income.Universal Credit payments for the self-employed are based on what's called the Minimum Income Floor, a policy that was suspended during the coronavirus pandemic.

iOS - Android Claims among the 18-24 age group last month were 644 for Airdrie & Shotts and 627 for Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill.North Lanarkshire as a whole registered 34,363 claims in June - a 267 rise on the previous month but down 3047 on the same time in 2020. A Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) spokesperson told Lanarkshire Live : "The numbers claiming Universal Credit do not necessarily indicate a corresponding rise in unemployment.

poverty rate than the average for independent countries of Scotland’s size and has had the worst or second-worst poverty rate in every single year since UK data was first recorded in 2002.

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