Millions of households in receipt of Universal Credit will benefit from changes to the system announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week.

Earlier this year, the government announced new proposals – which became law earlier this month under the Universal Credit Act – that it was changing how it would decide any increase in the universal credit standard allowance.

The new rules mean that - for the next four years at least - Universal Credit payments should increase by the rate of inflation as before, but with an additional top-up cash payment.

The DWP has now confirmed payments will increase by more than 6% for claimants next April, reflecting September's 3.8% inflation rate, plus the standard allowance increase of 2.3%.

It's worth noting that that this increase is only for the stan

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