Further Universal Credit Roll Out

The next phase of the Universal Credit roll out in the North West of England will start on Monday 23 June. New regulations have been laid setting out the areas which will go live each week. The affected jobcentres are:

23 June – Hyde, Stalybridge, Stretford, Altrincham

30 June – Southport, Crosby, Bootle, Bolton, Farnworth

7 July – Birkenhead, Bromborough, Hoylake, Upton, Wallasey

14 July – Preston, Leyland, Prestwich, Bury,

21 July – Eccles, Worsley, Huyton, Kirkby, St Helens, Newton-le-Willows

28 July – Chester, Congleton, Crewe, Wilmslow

These areas will take new Universal Credit claims from the same claimant groups as the existing live areas (single people, with no dependents and no existing benefit claim). Read more on the NHF website.