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UNIVERSAL CREDIT - A Tory MP known for his staunch loyalty to Boris Johnson says benefits should go up 'immediately' after paying a visit to his local food bank. Michael Fabricant's call for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to act came after what he called a '...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - Today letters will be sent to 500 people who receive one of the benefits being replaced by universal credit (UC), marking the resumption of the government’s “managed migration” to UC after it was paused during the pandemic. Be...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - A hugely challenging part of the rollout of universal credit recommences today. Once fully rolled out, universal credit is expected to be received by around 7.2 million working-age families. Most of that rollout has already happene...

LOCAL ELECTIONS - We have been much slower posting of late as we have been soooooo...busy. Bout of coughing sickness here in the office. Very nasty but quickly passed.  Simon Collyer, ABC founder, has been invited to act as a Local Election Medi...

SANCTIONS - Work & Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has said it is important for the country that the PM and chancellor "get on with the job the country elected them to do". In other works he should stay in the job despite misleading parlia...

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BENEFITS RISE - The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed increases in payments for benefits and payments from next week. All benefits are set to rise from April 11 this year in line with the State Pension. This is usually calculated by...

DISABILITY BENEFITS - Since 2013, hundreds of thousands of benefits decisions have been overturned across the UK after disabled people battled a "complex and distressing" appeals system to win their case at tribunal, disability charities say. An...

BUDGET - Please see this budget summary below.  James Andrews, Senior Personal Finance Editor at money.co.uk, said: “Rishi Sunak handed a tax cut worth £330 to millions of Britons today - with the promise of more to come. “He also announced plan...

INFLATION - is biting and people are really struggling.  One in three people who receive universal credit are struggling to buy food and heat their homes, according to a new report. The Trussell Trust said the cost of living crisis has...