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BBC News
18-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Under 22s will not get incapacity benefits under benefits shake-up
Under-22s with long-term illnesses or disabilities will no longer be able to claim a health top-up on universal credit under government was one of the measures announced by Work Secretary Liz Kendall in a shake up of the benefits system she said would cut UK's growing welfare 66,000 18 to 21-year-olds are currently claiming the benefit and the money saved by stopping it will be reinvested into training for young people, the government has said the reforms will mean "fairness" for long-term sick and disabled people, but disability campaigners have called the measures "brutal and reckless". Under the current system, those over the age of 18 but under state pension age in England, Wales, and Scotland can get incapacity benefits on top of universal credit if the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) assesses them as too sick to in a paper published by DWP on Tuesday, it proposed raising this age to paper also proposed raising the age at which people can claim the adult disability benefit, known as the personal independence payment (Pip), up from government is looking for feedback on the proposals alongside other suggested reforms in the white paper before the end of of the reforms would affect Northern Ireland, which has a different system where most benefits are paid out through Jobs and Benefits offices managed by the Department for Communities. 'Trapped out of work' The reforms come as part of a wider push by Labour to cut spending by reducing the number of people on incapacity benefits, which is forecast to reach a record high by the end of the say the increase is due a combination of worse mental health since the pandemic and a higher retirement age meaning some are instead claiming incapacity said he is "not prepared to stand back and do nothing while millions of people – especially young people – who have potential to work and live independent lives, instead become trapped out of work and abandoned by the system".However, Disability Rights UK said "these reforms are not about supporting Disabled people into work, but making brutal and reckless cuts".
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
More benefits claimants to move to Universal Credit
People who receive certain benefits and tax credits from income support are starting to be moved to Universal Credit (UC). UC is a single benefit payment for working-age people, which is replacing a range of different benefits in an attempt to make the system simpler. The Department for Communities (DfC) has issued letters asking people receiving income support to make a UC claim. They will have three months from the date of the letter to make the claim or lose out. Universal Credit has been in place in Northern Ireland for new claimants since September 2017. In October 2023 it was rolled out further, replacing six types of benefits. The next phase will apply to people who receive other so-called legacy benefits. The scheduled dates for the switch from the remaining legacy benefits are: Income Support - February Housing Benefit (rental) - March Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance - April Income-related Employment and Support Allowance - May Communities Minister Gordon Lyons encouraged those who received a letter to take action and said his department was "available to provide help through a dedicated telephony team and face-to-face support at local Jobs and Benefits offices". People do not need to take any action unless they have received a migration notice letter from the department. About 71,000 households set for Universal Credit move
BBC News
17-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Universal Credit: More benefits claimants to be moved over
People who receive certain benefits and tax credits from income support are starting to be moved to Universal Credit (UC). UC is a single benefit payment for working-age people, which is replacing a range of different benefits in an attempt to make the system Department for Communities (DfC) has issued letters asking people receiving income support to make a UC will have three months from the date of the letter to make the claim or lose out. Universal Credit has been in place in Northern Ireland for new claimants since September October 2023 it was rolled out further, replacing six types of next phase will apply to people who receive other so-called legacy scheduled dates for the switch from the remaining legacy benefits are:Income Support - FebruaryHousing Benefit (rental) - MarchIncome-based Jobseeker's Allowance - AprilIncome-related Employment and Support Allowance - MayCommunities Minister Gordon Lyons encouraged those who received a letter to take action and said his department was "available to provide help through a dedicated telephony team and face-to-face support at local Jobs and Benefits offices".People do not need to take any action unless they have received a migration notice letter from the department.
