Financial experts are urging people who claim Universal Credit to check if they’ve been underpaid.
MoneySavingExpert, founded by Martin Lewis, has explained how information about your earnings could end up in the wrong assessment period due to a “flaw” in the system. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) communicates with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to help it work out your Universal Credit award, if you worked in your last assessment period.
HMRC will normally match up your earnings information with your National Insurance number - but if your employer submits your pay details without your National Insurance number, this could cause delays. The MoneySavingExpert website has warned that this delay could mean your earnings information ends up in the wrong Universal Credit assessment period.
