The Latest Breaking News from Universal Credit

Expanding free school meals could pump up to £41bn into the economy

A major study has found free school meals slash costs for parents, save the NHS cash by cutting obesity, and boost pupils' lifetime earnings because they do better at school

Daily Mirror · Oct 11, 2022

DWP giving millions on Universal Credit and other benefits extra cash from next month

People on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and other benefits are eligible for the financial boost

Liverpool Echo · Oct 11, 2022

Dithering Truss leaves families in benefit limbo as Kwarteng may need to cut £60BILLION

Lib Dem Wendy Chamberlain warned the failure of Prime Minister Liz Truss to make a decision on benefits meant "millions of people are left in a grim limbo" across Britain

Daily Mirror · Oct 10, 2022

Food bank blames energy bills for massive jump in number of users

Services buckling under the strain of new users pushed into food poverty by the cost of living crisis.

Wales Online · Oct 10, 2022

DWP PIP £156 benefit millions claim every week - and it can continue for up to 10 years

PIP claimants can receive up to £156.90 a week - this guide explains how they are awarded and reviewed by the Department for Work and Pensions

Chronicle Live · Oct 10, 2022

Mum in dispute with DWP over missing Cost of Living payment

A bank statement appears to show it hasn't been paid

Nottingham Post · Oct 10, 2022

551,000 on Universal Credit missed £326 payment and more will miss next payment

The failure to be awarded the cost of living payment has been put down to a quirk in the way payments are calculated

Wales Online · Oct 10, 2022

More than 550,000 DWP Universal Credit claimants denied cost of living payments

“It’s staggering," said Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth

Nottingham Post · Oct 10, 2022

Liz Truss' forced U-turn on income tax must be repeated with benefit payments

Record View says it still beggars belief the idea of cutting Universal Credit in real terms was seriously being considered.

Daily Record · Oct 10, 2022

More than half a million DWP Universal Credit claimants have been denied a cost of living payment

More than 550,000 people on Universal Credit this summer were denied the vital cost of living payment due to the assessment criteria

Manchester Evening News · Oct 9, 2022