250,000 who applied for Universal Credit over coronavirus have not been paid the benefit

June 06, 2020 06:00 UTC

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250,000 who applied for Universal Credit over coronavirus have not been paid the benefit

Now official figures show 33% of them - around 264,000 - have not received a Universal Credit payment, as of June 4. The other half were either deemed ineligible for Universal Credit or withdrew their claim. Overall a record 2.3million households have applied for Universal Credit benefit between March 16 and May 26. Minister for Welfare Delivery Will Quince replied: “This is yet another feeble attempt to denigrate Universal Credit. “Universal Credit has delivered in these unprecedented times, confounding its critics.

Source: Daily Mirror June 06, 2020 06:00 UTC

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