People on Universal Credit are eligible for a Labour Party government bonus of up to £1,200. New figures from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) show there are now 8 million people claiming Universal Credit .

Due to a rule change at the start of the new financial year, some 3 million Universal Credit claimants are now eligible for the ‘Help to Save’ scheme.

The extension of the scheme until April 2027 means more people on a low income can benefit from the scheme, which has paid out millions of pounds in bonuses to more than 500,000 people since Help to Save was launched in 2018.

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93 per cent of scheme users have paid in the maximum £50 every month to their Help to Save account. Savers who deposit the

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