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Jayke Brophy & Joshua Hartley

DWP confirms change to Universal Credit payment date due to Jubilee Bank Holiday

People who are expecting to receive benefits payments over the upcoming Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend have been warned they will get their money on a different day than usual. The country is set to celebrate the 'once in a lifetime' platinum Jubilee with a bumper four-day Bank Holiday weekend.

As reported by Lincolnshire Live, this will result in anyone who normally gets paid their benefits on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3 may see their payments arrive sooner next month. This is because benefits like Universal Credit are not usually paid on Bank Holidays or weekends.

If your payment dates fall on a normal working date either side of The Queen's Jubilee weekend, there will be no changes for you. However, if your payments are scheduled to arrive on a Bank Holiday date, you can expect your payments to appear slightly earlier than usual.

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Changes to payments usually occur when a regular date falls on a Bank Holiday weekend. Next month, anyone expecting payments on June 2 or 3 will be paid on June 1 instead. You don't need to do anything if you are due to receive early payments, it will be deposited directly to you.

A number of benefits are set to be affected by this. These are:

  • Attendance Allowance
  • Carer’s Allowance
  • Child Benefit
  • Disability Living Allowance
  • Employment and Support Allowance
  • Income Support
  • Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Pension Credit
  • Personal Independence Payment
  • State Pension

The most up-to-date Universal Credit payments can be found below.

Standard allowance

Single

Single under 25: £265.31 (from £257.33)

Single 25 or over: £334.91 (from £324.84)

Couple

Joint claimants both under 25: £416.45 (from £403.93)

Joint claimants, one or both 25 or over: £525.72 (from £509.91)

Child elements

First child (born prior to April 6, 2017): £290 (from £282.60)

First child (born on or after April 6, 2017) or second child and subsequent child (where an exception or transitional provision applies): £244.58 (from £237.08)

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