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You can continue to get Housing Benefit for 2 weeks after you move to Universal Credit.
Universal Credit information and guidance for employers.
This report provides the main findings from the evaluation of the Universal Credit Pathfinder.
If you want to claim Universal Credit you must verify your identity. This guide for claimants and people supporting them explains how to do that.
End your tax credits award when you start to claim Universal Credit - how to end tax credits, personal details, income and self-employed income
Parents on Universal Credit can now receive up to £1,311 more a year in childcare support following a 6.7% boost coming into effect, as the government’s expansion of free childcare for working parents delivers 150,000 places in a week.
Only fill in this capability for work questionnaire (UC50) if you’re asked to do so, this is not a claim form.
The Prime Minister has outlined a package of sweeping reforms to put work at the heart of welfare and deliver on his “moral mission” to give everyone who is able to work, the best possible chance of staying in, or...
Information about Universal Credit trials and pilots
These statistics cover the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.
Information on the number of and outcome of complaints about the Move to UC process.
Information about Universal Credit for families with more than 2 children.
Statistics about the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit, which came into effect in April 2017.
How tax credits affect your benefits including Child Benefit and Housing Benefit
Our 2022 to 2024 strategy for implementing the final phase of Universal Credit.
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