Tag: universal credit

People's Universal Credit payment is probably not covering the "essentials" in life. That's the verdict of the Trussell Trust, which ...

The DWP and Universal Credit logos in reference to a benefits crackdown

How much is Universal Credit going up by in April 2024? And is it actually a cut?

26 January 2024

Universal Credit is now the main social security that people on benefits claim from the Department for Work and Pensions ...

The DWP’s head office is facing a protest over its ‘despicable’ plans for the WCA

25 October 2023

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing a backlash over its plans to change the Work Capability Assessment ...

The Tories have presided over a 148% increase in destitution – with the DWP being the main problem

24 October 2023

Successive Conservative governments have presided over a 148% increase in destitution since 2017. Destitution is classed as the most severe ...

There’s only days left to tell the DWP what you think about its Work Capability Assessment changes

23 October 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is running a consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Its ...

The media reports on DWP plans for more cost of living payments are probably nonsense

12 October 2023

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Some media outlets are reporting that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said it is reviewing whether or ...

Tax Credits on phone Universal Credit DWP benefits

First the Canary, now the CPAG sounds the alarm over Tax Credit claimants not getting Universal Credit

4 September 2023

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has issued a warning about Tax Credits. It's over the Department for Work and ...

Further evidence emerges that the DWP’s plans for Universal Credit are utterly flawed

29 August 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is making some major changes to Universal Credit in the next few months. ...

Tories have backed out of a UN meeting on their breaches of human rights

22 August 2023

The United Nations (UN) is once again investigating the UK government over its treatment of chronically ill and disabled people. ...

Nearly a quarter of Tax Credits claimants forced onto Universal Credit end up without any benefits at all

21 August 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released its first-ever set of figures regarding so-called "managed migration". This is ...

700,000 people to be hit by punitive DWP Universal Credit changes, as netmums plays it down

18 August 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is making changes to Universal Credit for parents. Website netmums reported on it ...

The Tories are already talking about more benefit cuts – and blaming public sector pay rises for them

14 August 2023

The Tories are already coming up with proposals for more cuts to benefits. It comes as the government says inflation ...

Toxic Tories are already considering a real-terms Universal Credit cut next April

4 July 2023

The Tory government is already considering a real-terms benefits cut in April 2024. It could hit people claiming things like ...

A jobcentre queue the Universal Credit and DWP logos - representing benefits claimants childcare

The DWP’s latest Universal Credit change is yet more nonsense, and will still leave people worse off

31 May 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is changing how much money it pays to some parents and guardians of ...

The DWP’s latest Universal Credit plans could see it stop 632,000 peoples’ benefits

26 May 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is once again shaking up Universal Credit. It's to do with the Work ...

The DWP just pulled a fast one over the Universal Credit increase, conning countless claimants