Universal Credit loophole closes - 200,000 people to get £350 at their state pension age
UNIVERSAL CREDIT claimants moving off the benefit due to reaching state pension age are set to get a one-off payment of £350 on average, Ministers have announced today.
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/perso ... ges-credit
UNIVERSAL CREDIT claimants moving off the benefit due to reaching state pension age are set to get a one-off payment of £350 on average, Ministers have announced today.
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/perso ... ges-credit
"As well as for pensioners, Turn2us hopes the department extends this practice of financial relief to also ensure that the millions of people - with little to no income – aren’t left dangling over the five week wait for their first Universal Credit payment.
"The current Universal Credit advances, all too readily offered to claimants to bridge that five week wait, are ill-considered and lumber many people already experiencing financial hardship with unmanageable debt."