Take a look at our guide on how to apply for universal credit, finding out if you're eligible, and navigating the application ...

The refunds relate to hardship payments, which are awarded to Universal Credit claimants who have been sanctioned and are ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has been told by a judge to make a significant change to the way it operates ...

The Minister for Social Security and Disability said "act without delay to secure quick access to benefit entitlement" ...

Mr Justice Fordham ruled it was unfair for tenants on Universal Credit to face rent arrears deduction and rent diversion ...

THE Department for Work and Pensions has issued an update on a benefit rules that has been deemed unfair and unlawful. A ...

Although debts are not included when assessing total savings for Universal Credit eligibility, having between £6,001 and ...

Universal Credit claimants will see their payments automatically increase next year, after the DWP set new benefit rates for 2025.

Anyone who claimed a hardship payment between the years of 2014 and 2021 could be owed money back from the Department for ...

The court ruling follows a challenge by a tenant who was outraged to find the DWP had docked £500 from his Universal Credit ...

Some Universal Credit claimants could be in for an increase in the spring. The annual rise in benefit payments saw Universal ...

Millions of people are on Universal Credit and will have been through the system, and some may be owed a refund from the DWP ...