Millions of people on Universal Credit and other benefits have been given extra time to get a £1,200 cash boost.
It is thought that about three million low-income families could be missing out on the Help to Save scheme, a Government initiative which gives families claiming certain benefits extra cash to add to their rainy day savings pot.
The scheme had previously been due to end this Autumn but it was extended until April 2025 in the Spring Budget, which means that more people can join the 359,200 who have signed up since the scheme was launched in September 2018.
