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Major changes are being introduced to Universal Credit today, which could see some claimants lose out on their payments.

People on Universal Credi t will have to look for jobs outside their chosen field after just one month or risk a benefits sanction, under new UK Government plans to push more claimants into work.

The UK Government has announced new plans to give a £510 million cash injection to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to help it crack down on Universal Credit fraudsters lying about their benefit claims.

The predicted 50 per cent rise in energy bills from April could trigger a national emergency for millions of older people, a charity has warned.

Universal Credit on people’s lives. Officials said the information does not exist as the uplift was only “temporary”.

Universal Credit (UC) is on the rise. According to the latest Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) figures the number of people being given a choice about how their UC is paid rose by 175,190 in just five months.

BBC Breakfast Sunak twice refused to guarantee the increase would go ahead in April 2022.It comes as the Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey announced yesterday that the £20-a-week increase in Universal Credit introduced at the start of the covid pandemic will be slashed in September.An increase in the pension rate is expected to cost the taxpayer around £4billion.Sunak said: "The triple lock is the Government's policy but I very much recognise people's concerns."I think they are

Therese Coffey called on the British public to “do our bit to support our communities” following the long-awaited full-reopening of the hospitality sector. But furious opposition MPs warned that in-work poverty “will continue to rise” if the temporary £20 uplift to Universal Credit is withdrawn in October.

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direct to your inboxThe perils of live TV and zoom interviews got the better of Good Morning Britain today after Therese Coffey shut off her camera during live interview.The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was on the ITV show to speak to Piers Morgan and co-host Susanna Reid about the latest coronavirus headlines.This included experts suggesting the new mutant strain of the virus is "more deadly" and the comments from Matt Hancock over the weekend that the country is a "long, long way"

90-day grace period when Jobcentres closed during the coronavirus lockdown. But welfare minister Thérèse Coffey has confirmed that sanctions will return from today (July 1) as Jobcentres start to reopen.She has refused a request from Labour to extend the ban on sanctions.

Universal Credit to me made permanent to avoid thousands of claimants falling into poverty. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey announced Job Centres will start "fully reopening" from July as she rejected calls to extend the suspension of sanctions.

From today, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will no longer allow new benefits or State Pension claimants to collect payments using a Post Office Card Account (POCA).

An MP has called for an end to a benefits rule which limits Universal Credit to families with two children.

Benefits sanctions have been suspended for three months as the Government works to tackle the spread of coronavirus.

A Scottish charity has urged the UK Government to agree a “fundamental overhaul” of its controversial Universal Credit (UC) policy.