The Latest Breaking News from Universal Credit

DWP could monitor your bank account or social media this summer under new fraud measures

DWP investigators can gather different types of evidence when looking into a benefits claim. for fraud or error.

Daily Record · Jun 13, 2023

DWP warns Universal Credit payments could be stopped for claimants travelling abroad this summer

Claimants will need to be able to show evidence of the jobs they have looked at and applied for whilst they've been away

Nottingham Post · Jun 13, 2023

People on Universal Credit could see claim investigated as part of new DWP fraud plan

DWP is recruiting 1,000 new agents to review existing Universal Credit claims for errors.

Daily Record · Jun 13, 2023

DWP announces new plan to get 25,000 people with health conditions back into work before March 2025

Extended support aims to help people with mild to moderate mental or physical health conditions find and stay in work.

Daily Record · Jun 12, 2023

Wes Streeting: 'I won't apologise for being ambitious - but I'm loyal to Keir Starmer'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells the Mirror: 'If Rishi had had a background that was more like mine... he wouldn't have taken 20 quid off people in Universal Credit every week'

Daily Mirror · Jun 11, 2023

DWP investigating millions of Universal Credit benefit claims

The department confirmed that two million cases will be reviewed within the next five years to check whether people are receiving the right amount

Chronicle Live · Jun 10, 2023

DWP claimants to get £150 cost of living payment

But a warning has been issued

Bristol Post · Jun 10, 2023

Millions of Universal Credit claimants to be looked at by DWP

Around one in three Universal Credit claimants will have their payments looked into

Liverpool Echo · Jun 10, 2023

Millions of people being switched over to Universal Credit - but will you be better off?

More than two million people claiming legacy benefits will be moved over to Universal Credit - but how do you know if you'll be better off, and what happens if you'll be worse off?

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2023

2 million kids eligible for free school meals with numbers up 40% since Covid

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the numbers should 'serve as a wake-up call about the appallingly high levels of childhood poverty'

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2023