Universal Credit and PIP payments to rise from next month

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are set to increase from next month. People who claim Universal Credit and PIP will also have a temporary change of payment date, due to the Easter holiday.

Those on a low income, out of work, or unable to work, are able to claim Universal Credit, while people who need assistance with living costs due to living with a health condition or disability, get help via the PIP. Read more: Wedding laws to change to allow outdoors ceremonies after pandemic This year, Good Friday falls on April 15, and Easter Monday on April 18, so the government has said people “might be paid earlier if your normal payment day is a bank holiday”.

The last working day before the Easter weekend in Thursday, April 14, which will be the date you will receive your payments if you normally get paid between the 15th and 18th.

Meanwhile, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has also confirmed that both Universal Credit and PIP will have their payments rise by 3.1 percent, reports Wales Online.