The chancellor is set to announce the Universal Credit change, which will cap the amount that can be deducted from payments, on 30 October
More than one million low-income households will be £420 better off when a change to Universal Credit is announced next week. The chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce the measure in her autumn budget on 30 October.The Department for Work and Pensions can deduct money from Universal Credit to cover debts. These can include rent and council tax arrears, owing money for utility bills and Child Maintenance, benefit advances or benefit overpayments in the past.
Photo credit : Shuttestock 'It’s thought the move will save people £420 on average' It’s thought the move will save people £420 on average and help 1.2m households, including 700,000 families with children. A Whitehall source told the Guardian that the move was 'a downpayment on poverty reduction'. 'It is unacceptable that people are in this kind of deep poverty, and this is a small victory for people in deep poverty,' they said.
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