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The Latest Breaking News from Universal Credit

New Easter payment dates for State Pension, PIP and other benefits due over bank holiday weekend

Child Benefit and Tax Credits due over Easter will also be paid early.

Daily Record

Bishop of Manchester urges Government to scrap two-child limit on Universal Credit, saying it 'drives' more children into poverty

The Rt Rev David Walker argued the rule was 'the greatest contributor to driving more children into poverty'

Manchester Evening News

Full list of benefits going up from April 2023 – from Universal Credit to state pension

Inflation-linked rises detailed, all applying from April 10

Nottingham Post

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Mum-of-three on Universal Credit asks 'what will we do' when down to 'last tenner'

Paris Cambridge, and her family from Seacroft, Leeds, have been hit hard by the cost-of-living crisis like countless Brits, and left desperately asking what she can do when her family are down to her 'last tenner'

Daily Mirror

DWP shares more details on huge new Universal Credit shakeup

New proposals will change how part of Universal Credit is awarded

Liverpool Echo

Leeds man forced to 'eat bread and butter and cook once a week' as council flat electric is '£10 a day'

Mamadu has been eating mostly bread and butter to keep energy costs down - but the leccy meter keeps devouring his money

Leeds Live

DWP claimants in North East more likely to be sanctioned than other parts of country

Report by IPPR calls for sanctioning to be suspended during the cost of living crisis

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New free childcare budget 2023 changes explained - who will get them and when

Chanceller Jeremy Hunt announced the improvements - but they won't all come in immediately

Nottingham Post

What to do if your Universal Credit has been sanctioned as DWP to impose ‘tougher’ rules

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in the Spring Budget that the sanctions would be applied “more rigorously” to those who fail to meet strict work-search requirements or choose not to take up a reasonable job offer

Daily Mirror

DWP shares simple way to check whether you are due £301 cost of living payment

Government signals that the rules will be the same as last year

Nottingham Post

DWP shares more details on new Universal Credit plans for claimants with health issues

People with additional barriers to employment will also be helped into work under the new plans.

Daily Record

More than one million people on Universal Credit have benefits cut

People are being told to repay debts going back decades, which may not be their fault

Wales Online

Leeds mum-of-three on Universal Credit on 'stress' of reaching 'last tenner'

'I turn around to my husband and say 'What are we going to do?'

Leeds Live

People on Universal Credit with certain health conditions could be due up to £156 extra every week

If you need help due to an illness, disability or mental health condition you may qualify for extra financial support from DWP.

Daily Record

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Daily Record

DWP shares ‘clear rule’ which could help people check if they are due £301 cost of living payment

No qualifying period or payment dates have been announced for the first instalment of the £900 cost of living payment.

Liverpool Echo

Universal Credit claimants can get extra £1,200 of tax-free cash

Anyone entitled to Working Tax Credit or Universal Credit can claim the bonus

Daily Mirror

Benefit sanctions regime should be suspended during cost of living crisis, ministers told

The demand from the IPPR think-tank comes a week after the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned in the Budget that the Tory Government would apply benefit sanctions more 'rigorously'

The Independent UK

Going ahead with tougher sanctions for benefit claimants ‘foolish and unfair’

A think tank warned that more people on social security are at risk of hardship and destitution if their payments are cut.

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Wales Online

Woman fears she'll lose home over rent rise after real estate company buys half of village

‘I would rather die than leave this village’

Daily Record

New DWP drive to help 460,000 people on Universal Credit improve work prospects and boost income

Benefit claimants in the ‘Light Touch group’ will receive tailored help to progress and increase their earnings.

Daily Record

Charity warns new DWP plans to scrap Work Capability Assessments could lead to 'broken benefits system'

The PIP assessment would be used to decide whether a person receives the new Universal Credit health element.

Daily Record

DWP announces more help for people making a new claim for Universal Credit or waiting for first payment

DWP has invested a further £22million in the ‘Help to Claim’ scheme delivered by the Citizens Advice network.

Daily Record

Low-income households urged to switch to broadband social tariff to beat price hikes starting next month

Millions of broadband and mobile phone bills are set to rise higher than the rate of inflation in less than two weeks.

Daily Mirror

DWP Universal Credit claims update as free help scheme given £22million boost

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed it is extending the “Help to Claim” scheme with an extra £22million investment to keep the scheme going

Chronicle Live

Full list of DWP Universal Credit payment dates for Easter and bank holidays

Benefits, including Universal Credit, will be paid differently in April and May owing to the public holidays

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