DWP Spent Nearly £200,000 Fighting Single Mothers Over Universal Credit Change

In June, the Court of Appeal ruled that Universal Credit payment period regulations that caused some working claimants’ benefit awards to fluctuate wildly from month to month were “irrational” and “unlawful”. Effectively, the bug meant that claimants were treated as having earned double if they received two pay cheques in the same monthly Universal Credit assessment period and nothing if they did not get paid the next month. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the DWP said it spent £188,190.82 fighting the cases. Read more on Inside Housing.

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