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How to cancel Universal Credit if your circumstances change during lockdown

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Universal Credit is a payment intended to help people out of work or on a low income with daily living costs. It is replacing six legacy benefits including Child Tax Credit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), and Working Tax Credit.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been unprecedented levels of claims for state benefits. Since March 3, 2020 the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has received some 3.6 million individual claims for Universal Credit - 2.4 million claims were made between March 13 and May 14 alone.

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