While you can receive universal credit or Pip while in employment, universal credit is means-tested and tapers off as ...

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Perhaps the most eye-catching news for universal credit claimants first: there will be permanent, above-inflation increases to universal credit. Kendall has said this change will result in a £775 ...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has announced plans to bring in a "permanent, above-inflation rise" to the standard allowance of Universal Credit. The Government says this equates to an ...

The government has confirmed people claiming the incapacity component of universal credit will be hit with a real-terms cut as it announced sweeping changes to welfare. According to plans laid out by ...

More than six million people in the UK are set to see an increase in their Universal Credit payments come April this year. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is replacing older legacy ...

The Treasury will put the proposed cuts to the government's official forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), ...