Changes starting this month will mean thousands of Universal Credit claimants face more pressure to get a job or boost their current income.
Claimants that have no income or that have one but below a certain threshold - known as the Administration Earnings Threshold (AET) - are placed into in the Intensive Work Search regime. These people - which include those who have health issues that do not impact their ability to work - usually have to attend compulsory, in-person work search reviews.
And, when the AET increases this month, around 114,000 people will be will be moved to the criteria for the Intensive Work Search regime, meaning they will have to attend weekly or fortnightly appointments at the job centre, reports the Echo.
