Some people on Universal Credit will unexpectedly miss out on the Department for Work and Pension's cost of living payment. It has been reported thousands of universal credit claimants will be blocked from the payment due to a payday issue, despite people expecting to see the first instalment of £326 enter their accounts between July 14 and July 31 - and a further £324 later this year.
MPs are saying hundreds of thousands of people are set to be "unfairly excluded" from the payment, as Universal Credit claimants were among the 8.3 million low-income households that were expected to receive the payment. The problem is due to the qualifying period for the cost of living payment, and if it matches the way people get their wages, reports Birmingham Live.
The DWP and HMRC use a computer program to identify who is eligible to receive the payment, but for many benefit claimants, the computer says no. To receive the first instalment of £326, people must be entitled to a payment, or later found to be entitled to a payment, of universal credit for an assessment.
