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114,000 people could lose benefits as Universal Credit rules change next week

A key rate used to determine whether you get Universal Credit is changing

Wales Online

DWP Universal Credit changes mean thousands could lose benefits from next week

Roughly 114,000 people will be at risk of losing their benefit because of the changes

Liverpool Echo

Universal Credit rule change coming NEXT WEEK could mean thousands risk losing benefits

Roughly 114,000 people will be moved from the “light touch” work group to “intensive work search” as part of changes to the Administration Earnings Threshold (AET) for those claiming Universal Credit

Daily Mirror

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The latest universal credit rule change that will affect thousands

You could risk losing your benefits if you don't turn up to appointments

Wales Online

Martin Lewis' MSE warns millions of homes are missing out on £144 broadband saving

Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert website has explained how more than four million people are eligible for so-called “social tariffs” - but only 1.2% of people have taken advantage of these deals.

Daily Mirror

Some DWP Universal Credit claimants denied £326 cost of living payment

It has been revealed that some Universal Credit claimants have been denied the first £326 instalment of the £650 cost of living payment due to being sanctioned during the qualifying period

Glasgow Live

DWP cuts record number of Universal Credit claimants' benefits in Tory crackdown

It comes after Tory ministers forced claimants to look for more jobs or be sanctioned in a crackdown to get 500,000 more people into work by June.

Daily Mirror

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DWP denies £326 cost of living payment to 'sanctioned' Universal Credit claimants

Campaigners demanded that the Department for Work and Pensions tear up the 'outrageous' decision on some sanctioned claimants - with energy bills potentially topping £5,000 each year.

Chronicle Live

DWP denies £326 cost of living payment to Universal Credit claimants who got a sanction

Campaigners demanded the DWP tear up the “outrageous” and “ill-judged” decision on some sanctioned claimants, revealed in guidance seen by the Mirror, as energy bills could top £5,000 a year

Daily Mirror

Huge Universal Credit shake-up will see thousands more people pressured into finding work

Roughly 114,000 people will be moved from the "light touch" work group to "intensive work search" due to a planned increase in the Administration Earnings Threshold (AET)

Daily Mirror

What to do if you can't afford your energy bill

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are behind rising oil and gas prices

Evening Standard

Leeds city centre Jobcentre to close down for good announces DWP

The Eastgate centre will close along with eight other 'older and poorer' offices across the country

Leeds Live

Jobcentres to close under DWP shake-up - full list of sites affected

The Government says they are "poorer quality, older offices"

Wales Online

UK's kindest village leads the way in housing refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine

The small village of Arnside in Cumbria may have only a few thousand residents but they are giants when it comes to kindness - they are leading the way in welcoming those fleeing Ukraine with open arms

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Daily Record

DWP says new ABC method for helping people on benefits into work off to 'flying start'

Half a million benefit claimants moved into work at a record rate in April 2022 as part of the 'Way to Work' drive.

Chronicle Live

Cost of living: Little-known cash you can get to help you get a job

Money can be used for childcare, uniform or work tools but you'll have to apply for it and you won't get it automatically

Daily Mirror

DWP stops soaring numbers of Brits' Universal Credit as Jobcentres reopen after Covid

DWP data shows 38,244 benefit sanctions were imposed on Universal Credit(UC) claimants in January this year - the highest for at least three years and numbers are climbing fast

Daily Mirror

More than 3,000 DWP Work Coaches in 'biggest ever jobs Army' lose their jobs

Some of the Jobcentre advisors will now have to claim Universal Credit themselves as union chiefs blasted confirmed cutbacks at the Department for Work and Pensions

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Edinburgh Live

DWP Edinburgh claimants with autism offered new specialised support to find work

More than 10 Jobcentres across the UK — including seven in Scotland — have received accreditation from the National Autistic Society and are now better prepared to assist people with autism in finding employment

Birmingham Post

Shopping centre jobs hub opens at former Iceland store in North Wales

The temporary Jobcentre in Bayview Shopping Centre, Colwyn Bay, will help people looking to find work

Nottingham Post

DWP: New Jobcentre opens in Nottingham city centre offering Universal Credit advice

Its part of a Government drive to open more centres

Manchester Evening News

First look inside Manchester city centre's swanky new apartments that are being built in an old Jobcentre

The one, two and three-bed apartments will be available to rent from spring

Daily Record

Jobcentre opens new base in Ayr Central shopping mall

The temporary base will aim to get more people back into work.

Daily Mirror

DWP Universal Credit sanctions soar to 50,000 a month in 'extremely worrying' rise

The number of sanctions has shot from a few thousand a month to 50,000 - a similar proportion to before the pandemic - after the DWP brought back face-to-face Jobcentre appointments. And the worst could be yet to come

Daily Mirror

Junior civil servants ordered not to share cake at desks despite Boris Johnson party

Bleak guidance for DWP staff, leaked to the Mirror, told workers to bring 'your own personal mini-buffet' on a birthday - in what a Jobcentre worker branded 'a kick in the teeth'

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