coronavirus.For those who are yet to be paid should expect the support to arrive in their back accounts by April 23. The £500 payment is given to families on working tax credit, which is similar to the £20 weekly uplift for Universal Credit claimants.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the extra money in his spring Budget in February this year.The extra cash is available to those who received their working tax credit and child tax credit payments.Millions of claimants switched over to Universal Credit instead of the tax credits.
But the move over to Universal Credit is not expected to be completed until 2024.This means millions of families do still claim tax credits.
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