Around 120,000 people are expected to be impacted by new rules are coming into effect from Monday. The changes will see thousands more people pressure into finding work or increasing the number of hours they work.
It means Universal Credit claimants could see their benefits cut as the minimum wage level for people on Universal Credit - known as the Administrative Earnings Threshold - will be raised to the equivalent of 15 hours' pay on the National Living Wage, making it £617 for single people and £988 for couples.
In a statement, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said: “The Department has been preparing to raise the Administrative Earning Threshold (AET) for several months as bringing more claimants into scope for intensive support will help more low-earning households to increase their incomes at a time of cost of living pressures.”
