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Universal Credit changes will pay thousands of working Brits £1,000 extra from today

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Changes to Universal Credit have come in to make thousands of working claimants £1,000 better off per year. The changes are to come in to force today to ensure more people can benefit before Christmas, the Government has said.

During his Budget speech last month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak set the deadline of “no later” than December 1 for the taper rate to be cut by 8%, but the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that the reduction will come into force on Wednesday. READ MORE: Martin Lewis is urging anyone with an Amazon account to make a simple change to get £20 for free The Universal Credit (UC) taper rate, the amount of benefit taken away for every £1 earned above the claimant’s work allowance, will be brought down from

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