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The Latest Breaking News from Universal Credit

Universal Credit and benefits being paid early today - are you affected?

If you would normally receive a benefit payment this Monday, then you should have been paid today (Friday, December 30) instead - here is everything you need to know

Daily Mirror

Key DWP dates for 2023 including changes to Universal Credit, ESA and JSA

Here's everything we know so far

Nottingham Post

Income Support, ESA and Housing Benefit among six DWP benefits to be scrapped by 2024

A whole host of older benefits are set to be scrapped and replaced by new ones in time for 2024, as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) aims at a clear out.

Glasgow Live

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50,000 parents could face higher tax rates of up to 96% – are you one of them?

More families with children look set to face effective tax rates of between 80% and 96% due to the complicated and "colliding" rules of Universal Credit and Child Benefit

Daily Mirror

The important DWP benefits, cost of living and pension dates in 2023

The coming year is set to be another tough one for household finances - make sure you get everything you're entitled to

Wales Online

Major review of taxes including child benefit for two million families is quietly axed

Sources confirmed doomed Kwasi Kwarteng's Treasury review to make taxes 'better for families' is dead in the water under Rishi Sunak's leadership because events have overtaken it

Daily Mirror

Nine DWP dates for 2023 including changes to Universal Credit, ESA and JSA

A variety of changes to benefits will be introduced throughout next year

Manchester Evening News

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DWP Universal Credit and child benefit 'tax trap' could mean households pay up to '96% tax'

Experts say 90,000 people are set to be caught out by 2030

Nottingham Post

14 ways Tories shafted disabled people in 2022 - from Covid to social funding

The Tory nitwits are so lacking in self-awareness that they probably thought they did great all year, The Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey writes

Daily Mirror

Full list of DWP benefits to be axed by 2024 including Income Support

Universal Credit is set to replace a host of older benefits

Liverpool Echo

The new UK laws, rules and other changes coming into force in 2023

Every change with regards to laws and legislation landing in 2023 - from voters needing proper identification to the National Living Wage rising

Chronicle Live

DWP Universal Credit claimants in Edinburgh to be hit with huge monthly pay cuts

Thousands of people who claim Universal Credit will have their benefit payments slashed, as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) search for debt recovery.

Edinburgh Live

DWP Universal Credit claimants hit with huge monthly pay cuts

Thousands of people in Merseyside alone are having their benefit payments slashed

Liverpool Echo

How much is Universal Credit rising by next year? New payment rates confirmed by DWP

Universal Credit and other benefits will rise by 10.1% in April 2023 after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed a huge uplift for millions of claimants

Daily Mirror

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Edinburgh Live

The new DWP payment rates from next April for State Pension and more benefits

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced the new payment rates for 2023, which means you can instantly work out how much your monthly income will go up by.

The Independent UK

Jamie Oliver calls for free school meals for all families on universal credit

‘Best value of a taxpayer’s buck,’ campaigning TV chef tells Rishi Sunak government

The Independent UK

Jamie Oliver calls for free school meals for all families on Universal Credit

Currently households in England receiving Universal Credit must earn below £7,400 a year before benefits and after tax to qualify.

Daily Record

Boost your monthly income in the New Year by checking for benefits, Council Tax discounts or reductions

This is the perfect time to make sure you start 2023 claiming everything you are entitled to.

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Daily Mirror

'Shame on Scrooge Tories for scandalous Universal Credit raid on those who need it most'

The Department for Work and Pensions deducting an average of £62 from 2.1 million struggling households in a single month is the latest Tory scam on those who need it most

Daily Mirror

Millions of families on Universal Credit have £62 taken from payments - find your area

Figures show in most areas of the country thousands of people are having money deducted from their benefits payments by the government as ministers ignore pleas from campaigners

Nottingham Post

DWP Universal Credit, PIP changes and more ahead of the new year

Some payments are being made earlier than usual

Chronicle Live

DWP New Year payment dates for benefits including Universal Credit, PIP and State Pension

People expecting their benefits this week should have received payment before Christmas, while any payments due on the New Year bank holiday will also be paid early

Daily Record

New payment rates from April for State Pension, PIP, Universal Credit and other DWP benefits

Instantly work out how much your monthly income will go up by after the annual uprating in April.

Leeds Live

Leeds dad on Universal Credit 'eating nothing but porridge' as he 'suffers' through cost of living crisis

Terry has been depending on food banks to get by and longs to re-join the work force

Chronicle Live

Single mum on Universal Credit forced to book hotel for Christmas due to fly infested home in South Shields

Sonya Bullock, 45, is staying in a hotel over the festive period with her two-year-old boy

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