The Department of Work and Pensions is trialling a scheme that could see Universal Credit claimants at risk of losing more than £1,000 over three months.
The current rule is that those claiming the benefit meet work coaches once a week for the first three months, then go down to every two weeks after that. But the DWP is trialling an intensive two-week programme to try to get Universal Credit claimants who have been unemployed for more than three months back into the workforce.
And those who refuse to adhere to these new rules could lose their standard allowance for up to three months, potentially costing £334.91 a month, or around £1,004.73 in total, according to The Times.
