£15 million funding boost to Help to Claim as Government ramps …
1 day ago · 12 November 2024. £15 million funding boost to support Government’s acceleration of Move to Universal Credit programme, before it ends in March 2026. 943,343 households contacted between July ...
Completing the move to Universal Credit: Statistics related to the …
2 days ago · A total of 883,944 of these individuals, living in 622,127 households, who were sent migration notices have made a claim to Universal Credit. Of those who have claimed Universal Credit, 320,376 ...
Universal credit claimants must seek 18 hours work - BBC
May 12, 2024 · People claiming universal credit and working fewer than 18 hours a week will be expected to look for more work, after a change to the welfare system that starts on Monday. Before now, claimants...
Mothers challenge government over two-child benefit cap - BBC
Nov 4, 2024 · Getty Images. Two mothers are challenging the government in court over the Universal Credit (UC) two-child benefit policy. That two-child cap prevents parents from claiming the child element of UC ...
New rules require 180,000 on Universal Credit to increase …
May 13, 2024 · Universal Credit claimants working less than half of a full-time week will have to look to increase their hours, benefitting from extra work coach support. 400,000 to receive more help to...
Universal credit must change to tackle long-term sickness, report …
Apr 14, 2024 · Universal credit (UC) will need to change to meet the challenges of an older and sicker population, a new report suggests. The number of benefit claimants who are out of work due to ill...
Universal Credit - BBC News
Jul 15, 2024 · Mothers challenge government over child benefit cap. A charity supporting the women say the Universal Credit policy is "discriminatory and irrational". UK.
Universal Credit - BBC News
Jul 15, 2024 · Calls to scrap 'five-week-wait' for universal credit. Brian Closs is one of 1.8m people across the UK who are being asked to apply for universal credit. Scotland. 28 Jul 2024.
DWP reveals major new Universal Credit rules which mean …
May 15, 2024 · The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed a major change to Universal Credit rules which it says will affect more than 180,000 claimants. Starting on 13 May, thousands who claim...
DWP benefits news: November 2024 dates for Universal Credit …
4 days ago · The usual benefits and pension payments will be going out as normal in November as there are no bank holidays in the month. These are: Universal Credit. State pension. Pension credit. Child ...