The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that Universal Credit payments will rise from April 2023.
The annual rise will keep in line with the steadily increasing cost of living and will happen alongside other increases affecting personal independence payments and housing benefits. It comes after the University of Sussex Business School claimed the introduction of Universal Credit "imposed large societal costs".
Universal Credit recipients are being forced to budget more harshly as inflation rises to over 9 per cent - with some even reporting that they have to skip out on feeding their children to afford basic goods. Despite the one-off cost of living payment being dished out to millions across the country, many of those depending on benefits are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of gas, petrol and produce at supermarkets.
