£1000 boost for nearly 2million working households on Universal Credit Almost two million of the lowest income working households who receive Universal Credit will today benefit from a cash boost worth £1,000 on average. From: Department for Work and Pensions and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP Published 24 November 2021 The Department for Work and Pensions has worked around the clock to implement a reduction to the Universal Credit taper rate as... Read more