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04.04.2024 - 17:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
People who are claiming Universal Credit while they are in work will now have to earn more money or they will be called in by their work coach, according to a change to the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) website.
According to the new information about the Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET), workers on low incomes will now have to earn more than £743 every month, or they could be forced to look for other work. The AET is the amount of money that someone on part-time work must earn more than, or face having to complete more work searches and, failing that, potential sanctions on their benefits.
From April, the DWP has set this earnings threshold at £743 for an individual, or about 22 hours of work at Minimum Wage (£8.60), or 16 hours of work at the Living Wage (£11.44) a week. This goes up to a shared £1189 for couples claiming Universal Credit, or about 13 hours of work each.
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Less than two years ago, this earnings threshold required between nine and 12 hours of work from a Universal Credit claimant each week, but has risen sharply recently. This is estimated to have brought a further 110,000 benefit claimants into the conditional system, where their benefit entitlement can be cut if they do not attend certain meetings or fulfill work search requirements, even if they are in work.
For many workers on low pay and low hours, which also includes many parents with young families, Universal Credit works to top up their wages and provide them with a basic standard of living. Very few of these people get to pick how many hours they work, and many unable to work more hours due to caring commitments - something the DWP
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