Universal Credit could see their winter payments rise after the Department for Work and Pensions fixed an "unfair" loophole.
As of Monday, claimants who are paid twice in the same month by their employer will not be penalised in their following payment.
Current rules mean workers who are paid twice each month are flagged as 'over-earning' by the DWP's systems, Grimsby Live reports.
This means their following payment is less as a result of their 'higher' income.However, in the majority of cases they are not actually over-earning.It is often as a result of their employer paying them on the first - or last - working day of the month.Or if they received an early or late payment as a result of a bank holiday.As a result of the glitch,.
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