Labour urged to fix Universal Credit with more than 15m households to claim key benefit from April

A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said the Universal Credit system was being reviewed, including how claimants ...

The 'five-week' universal credit trap affecting DWP payments – 'You can't get out'

The government should stop making benefit claimants wait five weeks for their first universal credit payment because it is "pushing them into crisis", concerned experts have warned. Universal credit ...