The Latest Breaking News from Universal Credit

More than 2 million people on older benefits including ESA and JSA did not qualify for the £20 weekly uplift.

The time limit to find employment is set to be altered

Following the introduction of tough new rules for those receiving Universal Credit, the Department for Work and Pensions has updated its guidance for claimants who say they are too ill to work

If you currently claim financial support, you could be entitled to getting a massive saving on your broadband

High court judge rules the government were correct to refuse £20 a week Covid uplift to those people claiming legacy benefits

Two million people in the UK were waiting for the outcome in the hope that they would receive back dated payments. But the High Court has ruled that those of ESA and JSA aren't eligible for them.

Universal Credit claimants may be sent for assessments on day one of their claim

A legal fight to pay £1,500 to around two million sick and disabled people who were excluded from Covid benefit support has today been rejected by the High Court

You could be missing out on hundreds of pounds worth of extra monthly income or one-off payments.

More than 2 million benefit claimants did not receive the weekly uplift which was paid to those on Universal Credit.

A High Court judge admitted legacy benefits claimants face ‘obvious hardship’ on ESA, Income Support and Jobseekers’ Allowance - but rejected their bid to get the same £20-a-month Covid rise given to people on Universal Credit