Your Universal Credit claim can be affected by how much savings and investments you have - and one rule could land you in ...

Your annual percentage rate on a Universal Credit personal loan may go as high as 35.99%, which is higher than other personal loans and even credit cards. If you're looking to consolidate debt ...

Taxpayers have been hit with a £5.6bn Universal Credit fraud bill despite a Government crackdown on criminals abusing the system. The amount of money lost to fraud through the benefit rose by ...

Anti-fraud officials have said they hope to "extensively" use new powers coming in which will enable to investigators to request bank statements and even directly take money from a person's bank ...

The Universal Credit landed in a range of more than a hundred ... The UK's largest ever benefit fraud investigation was launched when officers noticed a pattern in the names and addresses of ...

A mum broke down in tears in court after lying about her two children living with her to illegally claim more than £16,000.

Her scam began four months after she started ... totalling £41,466.50 using the national insurance numbers of 12 universal credit claimants. After her arrest at work, she told police: "All ...

Those receiving the new, lower Universal Credit health element after April 2026 - who have severe, lifelong health conditions ...

The new law will include a Eligibility Verification Measure, which would enable the DWP to require banks and other financial organisations to flag up accounts of those receiving benefits, to help make ...

Universal Credit claimants are being warned about a lesser-known savings rule that could result in a fraud charge. The Department for Work and Pensions provides the benefit to help with living ...