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If it is only a small amount you need to find, you may be able to pay the rest yourself from your benefit payments. The Shelter website has more details of Universal Credit housing costs here.

All legacy benefit payments from the Department for Work and Pensions will end in March 2026, with the final claimants set to ...

Universal Credit claimants can get an extra month's payment if their claim has been hit by delays. This has been confirmed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The backpay is available ...

Hundreds of thousands of social housing tenants on Universal Credit are set to have their housing costs underpaid in the next financial year due to a quirk in the calendar which means 53 weekly rent ...

If you already get the Universal Credit Housing Costs Element, you can still apply to the council ... or you may lose money that you are entitled to. It may be possible to backdate your claim for ...

The DWP runs jobcentres and administers a range of working age, disability and ill-health benefits to more than 30 million claimants and customers, including Universal Credit, Personal ...

DWP added that in most cases, claimants must use their PIP award letter as proof of entitlement. The guidance also states ...