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Income Support Tax Credits Overpayment Rates Savings Incentives Repayment Rates Benefit Cuts Benefit Reforms Inflation Adjustments Household Impact Transitional Protection

DWP FOI Shows 1.5 Million Migrants Claimed Universal Credit in Year to December 2025

The release resets a fierce fight over how long people must live in the UK before they can get public funds.

DWP Ends Income Support and Income-Based JSA as Universal Credit Rollout Reaches Final Phase

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

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

Reeves Makes Help to Save Permanent, With Wider Access Planned From 2028

UK Taskforce Poised to Urge Lifting Two-Child Benefit Limit Before Budget

UK Parliament Approves Universal Credit Health Element Cuts for New Claimants