The Latest Breaking News from Universal Credit

An additional 200,000 Universal Credit claimants can now access the Support for Mortgage Interest loan scheme

The Universal Credit increase comes into effect on the first Monday after the new tax year starts which for 2023 is Monday, April 10

HMRC has also confirmed the new payment rates and thresholds for Tax Credits.

Tesco chairman John Allan urged ministers to give free school meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit to fire up the economy and improve children's life chances

Tesco chairman John Allan warned that Tory ministers are failing hundreds of thousands of kids from less well off families who are being deprived of free dinners by strict eligibility rules

Those eligible will automatically have support for mortgage interest loans after three months on benefits rather than the previous nine months. The government has also extended the criteria for those are eligible to help people during the cost-of-living crisis

The DWP says the extension of the Support for Mortgage Interest loan will now a further 200,000 people with the rising cost of housing

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