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The Latest Breaking News from Universal Credit

New DWP payment rates from next month for PIP, State Pension, Universal Credit and other benefits

HMRC has also confirmed the new payment rates and thresholds for Tax Credits.

Daily Record

New rules mean cheaper broadband for more low-income families

Virgin Media opens its social tariffs to some legacy benefits and Pension Credit as well as Universal Credit

Chronicle Live

'Foodbank trolleys in shops are getting emptier and emptier - things need to change'

Anna Morell, who works for Disability Rights UK, explains how changes to benefits and benefit systems since 2008 have meant that Disabled people have lost payments of around £1,200 on average each year

Daily Mirror

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New Universal Credit rule change could see people forced to attend jobcentre 10 times over two-week period

The DWP staff union warns the change will increase the risk of poverty for working claimants.

Daily Record

DWP Universal Credit payments could rise to £120 a week under new plan

Almost 1.3m food parcels were given out between April 2022 and September 2022, and 90% of low-income households on Universal Credit are regularly going without essentials.

Nottingham Post

DWP benefit cap 'fallacy' impacting 350 Bristol families, new figures reveal

"It doesn’t incentivise work, it leaves children hungry"

Bristol Post

Aldi worker gives three tips to help keep food shop costs low

We're all looking for ways to keep out costs down, as inflation continues to spiral.

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Lee Anderson claims family were in McDonald's 'two or three times a week' while using food bank

Lee Anderson secured a Westminster Hall debate on the subject of food poverty, where he also said it was a 'myth' that everyone on Universal Credit was in poverty.

Nottingham Post

Your DWP Universal Credit payments could be cut for seven reasons - full list

We have rounded up the reasons why sanctions can be placed on Universal Credit payments, including claimants failing to take up an offer of work without good reason

Chronicle Live

Universal Credit could rise to at least £120 a week under new plan

It comes as the cost of living hits low-income families hard

Liverpool Echo

Tom Kerridge wants all Universal Credit families in England to get free school meals

The TV chef says all under-privileged children should qualify

Wales Online

Lee Anderson stokes fury with claim families 'using food banks then going to McDonald's'

The divisive Tory deputy chairman claimed that receiving Universal Credit isn't an indication that families are in poverty - and said he'd contacted a local school to find out why they'd been offering free breakfasts

Daily Mirror

Ministers must take the ‘risk of homelessness to Ukrainian families seriously’

Ukrainians are struggling to access the private rented sector which can penalise those on Universal Credit or with no credit history, MPs heard.

The Independent UK

Every DWP cost of living payment available to millions in March 2023

Here is a round-up of the financial help you could get in March, with information about cold weather payments and the Energy Bills Support Scheme

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Daily Mirror

Virgin Media to slash broadband bills for millions of households on benefits

Virgin Media has confirmed people receiving Income-based Employment Support Allowance, Income-based Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, Pension Credit or Universal Credit are now eligible for its Essential Broadband

Evening Standard

Expand free school meals across country, say most Londoners

Eight out of ten Londoners in almost every parliamentary constituency in the capital want free school meals to be given to children in households receiving Universal Credit

Daily Record

New £50 heating payment set to be made to around 400,000 people before end of this month

Around 400,000 people on low incomes will be paid over £20m through a new Scottish Government benefit in March.

Evening Standard

Tom Kerridge: My ‘priority’ to ensure all vulnerable children receive free school meals

The TV chef said free school meals should be ‘part and parcel’ of education

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Daily Mirror

Chef Tom Kerridge backs free school meals call and slams rules excluding poor kids

Top chef Tom Kerridge called on the Tories to extend free school meals to all children whose households receive Universal Credit - and called for a long term overhaul of the system so every child gets a nutritious lunch

The Independent UK

Tom Kerridge: Free school meals should be part and parcel of education

The TV chef said it is his ‘priority’ to ensure that all under-privileged children receive free school meals.

Chronicle Live

How the DWP fraud squad catches selfish swindlers who try to steal taxpayers' money

People fraudulently claim benefits such as Universal Credit and PIP - with a team in Newcastle tasked to crackdown on the crime

Manchester Evening News

Thousands of Universal Credit claimants could have benefits cut due to new DWP rule

Thousands of people will soon be contacted about the change

Daily Record

DWP confirms new Universal Credit rule change will not affect specific groups of people during pilot phase

DWP is providing focused support for people who remain unemployed or with low earnings after 13 and 26-weeks of claiming Universal Credit.

Daily Mirror

'Therese Coffey says "work more" - but many disabled people don’t have that option'

Thérèse Coffey is wrong that people simply need to 'work more hours' in order to boost their incomes, Disabled Britain guest editor and columnist for the Mirror, Rachel Charlton-Dailey, says

Nottingham Post

DWP Jobcentre staff to get £250 vouchers for getting people into work

Universal Credit claimants will also have to visit a Jobcentre every fortnight, after having been on the benefit for 13 weeks

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