The Latest Breaking News from Universal Credit

More than 550,000 people on Universal Credit this summer were denied the vital cost of living payment due to the assessment criteria

This “staggering” technicality meant their income was temporarily too high to get a cost-of-living payment - even though usually it is much lower.

A brand new reports has claimed that the Universal Credit benefit is fundementally flawed, and the entire system is in need of a major overhaul from the Department for Work and Pensions.

He was struggling to live off £240 of Universal Credit a month

Only a few will be paid on the first day with "with numbers increasing significantly" from day two

The devolved nations have written an urgent letter to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

UK's poorest households with children stand to get far less than expected next year if Government changes the way increases are worked out

Loose Women star Kaye Adams and her fellow panellists were talking about kids being forced to move back in with their parents, amid Coleen Nolan's son Jake Roche revealing he's living off Universal Credit in her garage

Money Saving Expert founder accuses commentators of framing debate as matter of ‘workers v unemployed’