Thousands of Universal Credit claimants to get extra two weeks' benefits

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Thousands of Universal Credit claimants to get extra two weeks' benefits when moved onto the system

Credit: PA:Press AssociationThe cash will be automatically transferred into families’ bank accounts and there’s no need to pay it back.

The government is starting its “mass migration” project this month which involves moving millions of people on legacy benefits on the new welfare system.Normally, new claimants have to wait up to five weeks for their first payment but it’s been slammed by critics for pushing vulnerable people further into poverty.Make Universal Credit campaign.

Households can apply for an advance payment worth one month’s benefit to tie them over, but these are loans with the first repayment being deducted from the first welfare payment. It means that households won’t be left without any money to get them through the initial waiting period, although not all benefit payments will continue, such as tax credits.

 

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