The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued an update clarifying whether or not benefit claimants can receive payments for Universal Credit and New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) at the same time.
Universal Credit hopes and hurt: Five stories of Mancunians struggling to get by
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From the man who has been looking for work for a decade, to the single mum working in the NHS - all kinds of people claim Universal Credit.
The benefit was increased by £20-a-week during the pandemic in a bid to help claimants weather the storm.
But those changes are now being phased out - a move widely opposed by six former work and pensions secretaries, charities, think tanks, teachers and MPs across
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Fury as Universal Credit cut will push 22,000 children across Scotland into poverty, campaigners warn
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