Universal Credit claimants can apply online for an emergency loan ahead of Christmas

Changes to Universal Credit have come in to make thousands of working claimants £1,000 better off per year.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released details about its new assessment contracts being offered to suitable supply partners across the UK to deliver disability consultations to people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit from 2023.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that changes to the Universal Credit taper rate and work allowances will come into force this week.

Lana Barić joined director Danilo Šerbedžija at Deadline’s Contenders Film: International awards-season event to talk about the taboo-busting Tereza37, Croatia’s official candidate for the International Feature Oscar. The film centers on Barić’s character Tereza, a married woman who decides to sleep with multiple men while trying for a baby.

Microsoft, the University of Arizona history department gives Age of Empires 4 players credit towards their degrees. There will be unique educational content on the Age of Empires website from two professors at the University of Arizona from early next year.

The UK Government's decision not to extend the £20 uplift to those on legacy benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to support them during the coronavirus pandemic was a "radical and unprecedented departure" from decades of benefits policy, the High Court has heard.

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.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that over one million jobseekers could benefit from extra training following the latest changes to Universal Credit.

Tens of thousands of unpaid carers will receive a double payment of the Carer’s Allowance Supplement this December under new legislation passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament last month.

Director, producer and screenwriter Michael Laughlin, whose credits include Two-Lane Blacktop, Town & Country and Strange Behavior, died on October 20th at the age of 82.

The Department for Work and Pensions has set out new rules for those hoping to claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Universal Credit at the same time.

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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.