Over 600,00 more people receiving the benefit will be asked to meet with a dedicated work coach to help them earn more and become financially independent
A key change to Universal Credit affecting 600,000 claimants has been announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt as he delivered his autumn statement. Mr Hunt confirmed hundreds of thousands more people receiving the benefit will be asked to meet with a dedicated "work coach" to help them increase their employment hours or earnings.
Mr Hunt continued: "That is why we will ask over 600,000 more people on Universal Credit to meet with a work coach so that they can get the support they need to increase their hours or earnings." He said he would also "move back the managed transition of people from employment and support allowance on to Universal Credit to 2028."
The chancellor added he will invest an extra £280 million in the Department for Work and Pensions to "crackdown" on benefit fraud and error over the next two years. The government’s review of the state pension age is expected to be be published in early 2023. People took to Twitter to react to the news. Ava-Santina pointed out: "Reminder that 41% of people on Universal Credit are *also in paid work*."
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