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Reforms to Universal Credit and ESA Work Rules to Impact 2.5 Million Beneficiaries

Reforms to Universal Credit and ESA Work Rules to Impact 2.5 Million Beneficiaries

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unveiled substantial reforms concerning benefit assessments. These reforms aim to address the fact that a significant 65% of new claimants are currently deemed “medically unfit for work.” The DWP’s newly proposed changes are geared towards encouraging and supporting more people to rejoin the workforce. These changes are …

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UK Carers to Receive Financial Boost as Benefits Increase and Cost of Living Payments Commence

As the new financial year begins, millions of UK carers who often struggle to maintain a paid job alongside their caregiving responsibilities are set to receive a financial boost.  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is implementing six income enhancements for these individuals, many of whom go unacknowledged and unsupported. Benefit payments are set …

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Mortgage Interest Loan Scheme

The Support for Mortgage Interest loan scheme is a government program that provides support to help people cover the cost of mortgage interest payments or home repairs and improvements while receiving Universal Credit.  Claimants who qualify for the program can receive a loan worth up to £200,000 after three months of being on Universal Credit, regardless of …

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What is coronavirus

What is Coronavirus (COVID-19) And How We Can Fight It

In December 2019 the Chinese authorities notified the world that a virus was spreading through their community, in the following months it spread to other countries with cases doubling within days. This virus is the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2, that causes the disease called Covid-19 and that everyone simply calls coronavirus. What happens …

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