claimants

November 23, 2018

Government must delay vote on next phase of Universal Credit, says Committee

The Work and Pensions Committee says "major areas of concern" about the Government's plans remain.
November 7, 2018

Universal Credit claimants take national petition to Downing Street

The petition will be presented by a couple who spent several weeks living in a tent after moving on to Universal Credit, surviving on £4 a day between them.
November 6, 2018

New Universal Credit regulations 'a missed opportunity for reducing risk to claimants'

The government will not move people on existing benefits over to universal credit automatically.
November 1, 2018

Universal Credit claimants in Scotland offered flexibility

Nearly half of people claiming Universal Credit in Scotland have chosen for their payments to be paid in a different way when offered the choice by the Scottish Government.
October 30, 2018

Overhaul Universal Support or put whole Universal Credit project at risk, says Committee

The DWP must not push one more claimant onto Universal Credit until it can show it will not push them over the edge, says Frank Field.
October 15, 2018

Leader of DWP workers union says Universal Credit is 'unmitigitated failure'

Union leader says Ministers are making themselves complicit in the suffering of claimants by ignoring the evidence.
August 23, 2018

Motor Neurone Disease Association responds to Universal Credit consultation

The Association recommends that legacy claimants should be passported to Universal Credit automatically, and that the migration of claimants should be paused while issues are addressed.
August 7, 2018

Universal Credit 'isn't working for working people'

Child Poverty Action Group says working people claiming universal credit are losing the effects of ‘work allowances’ simply because of the dates on which their paydays and universal credit 'assessment periods' happen to fall.
August 1, 2018

Council calls for halt to Universal Credit rollout due to 'desperate impact on vulnerable claimants'

Oxford City Council voted unanimously for the government to halt Universal Credit rollout and urged it to listen to claimants and support providers.
August 1, 2018

Concerns raised over government plan for moving disabled claimants on to Universal Credit

Disability organisations have raised concerns about the way the Government plans to move disabled claimants onto Universal Credit.