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

Universal Credit payments will also be increasing in April with the annual uprating to match inflation. Following the ...

SINGLE mum-of-three Chelsea Lealand admits she is not looking for work — as she would have less money than she gets on ...

In line with the triple lock, the State Pension will rise by 4.1 per cent – up £472 a year – matching wage growth in 2024. Both increases will take effect from April 2025.

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

The wide-ranging welfare reforms are among some of the most significant since the government started merging a series of benefits into universal credit more than a decade ago. Announced in 2013 under ...

Universal Credit is due to increase from next month, but claimants will not immediately see a rise in their payments. Universal Credit, along with other benefits such as Personal Independence ...

Warm Home Discount - £150 Those on Universal Credit can also apply for the Warm Home Discount. The benefit is a £150 credit put directly onto energy bills. The government has announced an ...

Nearly £480m has been deducted from tenants’ universal credit through a process the High Court deemed “unlawful and unfair”, The i Paper can reveal. Since 2017, the Department for Work and Pensions ...