Category: Universal Credit

Government Announces Childcare Funding Boost for Families on Benefits

May 31, 2023
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Low-income families will be able to access increased childcare support amid the government’s plans to deliver a historic expansion of free childcare from 9 months old to the start of school. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced on Wednesday that parents will be able to claim back monthly for their childcare costs on…

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Plans to Cut £20 Universal Credit Uplift Will Go Ahead: Javid

September 12, 2021
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Plans to reverse the £20 ($28) uplift in Universal Credit will go ahead at the end of the month, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed. The weekly increase was introduced temporarily to help claimants during the coronavirus pandemic. But ministers plan to start phasing out the increase from the end of September, based on individual claimants’…

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