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The government has emphasised that this new welfare scheme is being designed to 'make work pay - at each and every hour',: encouraging people to move into work, or increase their working hours. Our research suggests that for many single parents, work still won't pay under universal credit....
By December, Universal Credit will have rolled out to every Job Centre in the country. This means that people who are making new claims to our benefits system now receive Universal Credit rather than the being put on the old system. Soon we will start the wider process of moving people fro...
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Universal Credit's roll-out has been delayed, but demands from opposition parties for it to be paused have been refused. A Department of Work and Pensions spokesperson said: "The best way to help a person pay their rent is to help them find work, and Universal Credit is succeeding at ...
Currently, Universal Credit claimants working up to 12 hours a week at the National Living Wage risk having their benefits reduced if they do not take steps to increase their earnings and meet regularly with a work coach. The move will bring an additional 120,000...
A month or so ago,I rang some East London letting agentsto ask if they would let flats toN, a single mother who’d pay her rent with universal credit. I explained that N was homeless, living in an emergency hostel with her 2 very young children, and in need of a 2-bedroom flat in...
The government has announced a £500m household support fund to help vulnerable families pay for things such as food, clothing, and utilities, but some wonder if it will be enough to make up for the loss of the universal credit uplift. ...
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“We’re trying to do the best we can and we’ve funded additional council tax support for people on benefits… but that’s nothing compared to the loss they will make once the additional Universal Credit money goes away. I still hope that the government will listen and not pull the ...