Six changes to benefits and Universal Credit happening next year explained

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Six changes to benefits and Universal Credit happening next year explained
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PAYMENT of benefits including Universal Credit could change next year with new rules and tweaks coming in. Millions of Brits get extra support and it’s worth checking how changes could affect…

When Covid hit, the government made tweaks to the benefit allowing those eligible to make a claim from the first day they were absent from work - instead of the usual eighth.You're eligible for ESA if you're under state pension age and you have a disability or health condition that affects how much you can work.

You need to have worked either as a self-employed worker or as an employee, and you can't get ESA if you claim Jobseeker's Allowance or Statutory Sick Pay.Anyone getting child benefit or tax credits paid into a Post Office Account will no longer get payments from April 2022. That's because the accounts are closing and you'll need to arrange to get the money paid into a different account before then.

The accounts were due to close this year, but thousands of Brits have been given longer to sort out the pay arrangements.Universal Credit claimants will continue to get the higher surplus earnings threshold of £2,500 until April 2022.Surplus earnings are taken into account in your next monthly assessment period for Universal Credit.

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