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Financial Support Eligibility Criteria Benefit Increases Claimants Help to Save Child Benefits Help to Save Scheme Benefit Rates Policy Changes Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Launches One-Off Payouts for Claimants Wrongly Moved From Legacy Benefits to Universal Credit

It offers a set lump sum based on a claimant’s largest monthly shortfall.

UK Scraps Two-Child Limit for Universal Credit, With Changes Taking Effect April 6

DWP Confirms April Universal Credit Rise for Nearly 4 Million as Health Element Changes for New Claims

Universal Credit Migration Nears Completion as Councils Issue New Support Grants

DWP Begins ESA Wind-Down on March 1 as Universal Credit Migration Enters Final Stage

DWP Acknowledges Martin Lewis Warning Over Universal Credit Bank-Switching Barriers

UK Urges Working Universal Credit Claimants to Use Help to Save for £1,200 Bonus

UK Sets 2026/27 Pension and Benefit Rises as Tax Shield Is Narrowed

Universal Credit Caseload Jumps to 8.3 Million, Driven by Rise in ‘No Work Requirements’

UK Benefits Set to Rise With 3.8% CPI as Universal Credit Poised for Extra 2.3% From 2026

Help to Save Scheme Expands, Adding Over Half a Million Eligible Claimants

UK Enacts Universal Credit Debt Reform, Boosting Incomes for 1.2 Million Households