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The May Bank Holiday payment date for Universal Credit, Child Benefit and Tax Credits

Bank holidays can mean a change in the date a claimant is paid - here is how the first May Bank Holiday will affect benefit payments

Chronicle Live

DWP May bank holiday payment date for Universal Credit, Child Benefit and Tax Credits

Bank holidays can mean a change in the date claimants are paid and people are being warned to be aware

Liverpool Echo

Remote rural community faces hidden hunger crisis as people 'scared' amid soaring costs

In 2016-17, South Lakes food banks gave out 674 parcels, 183 to children. In 2019-20, that figure rose to 1,091. From April 2021 to March 2022, two small food banks gave out 2,486 food parcels

Daily Mirror

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Top five worst things the Tories did this parliamentary term

THIS year alone, it became illegal to protest noisily in the UK, Boris Johnson cemented the Government’s authority over the supposedly independent…

The National (Scotland)

Dad goes from claiming Universal Credit to earning 7-figure salary using charity loan

At 24, Aaron Branch, 31, from Birmingham, found himself on Universal Credit, struggling to make ends meet and unable to find a stable job - that was until he went on Dragons' Den and received a £4,000 charity loan

Daily Mirror

New Universal Credit move will see 400,000 people lose their benefits

Even people who kept their benefits will still be significantly worse off

Daily Record

Universal Credit will be paid early this week due to bank holiday

If you were expecting your payments on the bank holiday, you will instead be paid on a different date this week

Daily Record

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'I was on Universal Credit – now I never have to worry about money again'

At the age of 24, Aaron Branch, from Birmingham, found himself on Universal Credit, struggling to make ends meet - now at age 31 he's turned his life around completely and takes home a seven-figure sum each year

Daily Mirror

Warning in Nottingham suburb that 'everyone is struggling' as cost of living increases

Some people have no money left for emergencies and say waiting around for benefits is no good

Nottingham Post

Mum forced to use food bank to feed her daughter despite having a full time job

Caroline Rice, who lives and works in County Fermanagh in rural Northern Ireland, is one of tens of thousands of workers in the UK who are being pushed into the poverty bracket because of spiralling living costs

Daily Mirror

400,000 people to lose their benefits in latest Government move

Another 900,000 people will see a reduction in the amount they receive

Wales Online

Universal Credit move will see 400,000 people lose their benefits

And almost a million people who keep their benefits will be left worse off

Liverpool Echo

'It’s not easy walking into a food bank and saying you need help,' admits NI mum as demand soars

Food bank use here has increased as the cost-of-living crisis escalates.

Belfast Live

DWP Universal Credit warning as 900,000 Brits to be 'worse off' in benefits freeze

2.6 million households will move on to Universal Credit

Nottingham Post

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Daily Record

HMRC warns more than 600,000 Tax Credit claimants will need to confirm their circumstances before summer

Some 2.1 million Tax Credits renewal packs are being sent out before May 27.

Daily Record

DWP shares details on which legacy benefit claimants might see higher or lower payments on Universal Credit

DWP also explains three ways 2.6m people on legacy benefits will migrate to Universal Credit.

Daily Record

Scots pick up 200,000 food bank parcels a year in 'accelerating' poverty crisis

Trussell Trust figures show its Scottish network provided more than 197,000 food parcels to people facing financial hardship across the country from April 1 last year to March 21 this year.

Glasgow Live

Food banks provide almost 200,000 parcels to people across Scotland in past year

Data released today shows that food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network provided some 197,000 food parcels to struggling families between 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

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Liverpool Echo

Winners and losers as DWP moves 2.6 million Brits to Universal Credit

The massive shake-up will begin on May 9 this year

The Independent UK

UK food banks have provided more than 2.1 million food parcels in past year

It is the first time food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network have handed out more than two million parcels outside the height of the pandemic.

Daily Mirror

5 cost of living announcements scrambling Boris Johnson could make - with NO new money

Boris Johnson has asked his Cabinet to come up with urgent ideas to solve the cost of living crisis... weeks after hitting Brits with a tax hike, and being accused of too little action in his Spring Statement

Manchester Evening News

Mum shares secret tariff Sky customers can move to if they're struggling to pay their bills

The little known tariff could help struggling customers to stay connected

Daily Mirror

DWP to move 2.6million Brits to Universal Credit - full list of winners and losers

We've put together an explainer guide to the managed migration of 2.6million Brits from legacy benefits to Universal Credit. Here's everything you need to know

Edinburgh Live

Up to 900,000 DWP benefits claimants to have payments frozen as part of Universal Credit move

As many as 900,000 households across the UK will be left worse off financially as part of the UK Government's plan to move legacy benefit claimants over to Universal Credit

Daily Record

New petition calls for DWP benefits to increase in line with current rate of inflation

The petition highlights a looming ‘poverty emergency’ for the UK.

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