Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today implemented a Universal Credit rule change which will mean an increase to monthly benefit payments for thousands of working claimants.The change, which could affect as many as 85,000 people, comes after four single mums won a Court of Appeal case against the DWP earlier this year.Their case centred around a problem that arises when those claiming Universal Credit receive their income from work on a different day because their usual pay day falls on a weekend or a bank holiday.As a result, the DWP system sometimes counts them as having been paid twice in one Universal Credit assessment period - substantially reducing their benefit payment and causing large fluctuations in their monthly.
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