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Recommendation 11
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We recommend the Department for Work and Pensions commit to maintaining the increases in support...
Recommendation
We recommend the Department for Work and Pensions commit to maintaining the increases in support that have been provided during the pandemic until the end of the pandemic, including the £20 increase in standard allowance for Universal Credit.
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Government Response
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HM Government
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Accept. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the Government has stepped up to support the poorest, most vulnerable and disadvantaged in our country. The Government will continue to do so by maintaining the £20 per week increase to Universal Credit for a further six months. DWP expect over 4 million claimants across our country to gain from this extension. Temporarily introduced in March 2020, this will keep a boost to payments in place throughout the summer as we progress through our roadmap to reopen the economy and get more people back in to work via our £220bn Plan for Jobs. Those on Working Tax Credits will also benefit from a one-off payment of five hundred pounds, equivalent to six months’ worth of the £20 uplift.