Four key changes are about to come into place affecting Universal Credit payments. Claimants will want to keep updated with the latest changes, to ensure they don't lose any cash and are getting the full benefit they're entitled to.
Universal Credit is claimed by roughly 5.6million people in the UK. It is slowly replacing the following old-style benefits: Child Tax Credit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Working Tax Credit.
A managed migration system to move everyone on legacy benefits over to Universal Credit restarted in May this year, following a brief pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. From adjustments to how some people receive their payments, to extra money coming your way next month, with help from the Mirror we explain everything you need to know.