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Carer's Allowance (CA) is a non-contributory benefit for people:who look after a severely disabled person for at least 35 hours a week, who are not gainfully employed (i.e. not earning more than £128 per week after certain deductions) andwhoarenotinfull-timeeducation.

Quarterly statistics Ministry of Justice Tribunal Statistics Quarterly, April to June 2019 show a further decrease in success rate for claimants-

September 2021- Before the UC changes- John age 35 single, renting from the council £433.18 per month, net wages £520 per month.

October 2021 After the UC cut, his standard allowance has reduced from £411.51 to £324.84- leaving him £86.67 per month worse off.

December 2021 The earnings taper is reduced from 63% to 55% leaving John £41.60 per month better off.

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Nearly 6 million claimants will start to see the effect of removing the £20 per week uplift in their monthly UC payments from 6/10/2021. The change will mean a cut of over £4billion.

State Pension Retirement age is 66. There have been delays in getting initial claims for the State Retirement Pension paid. The government has said

Before the UC cuts- John age 35 single, renting from the council £433.18 per month, net wages £520 per month.

After the UC cuts his standard allowance has reduced from £411.51 to £324.84- leaving him £86.67 per month worse off.

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The DWP will be able to use a new law to stagger payments of arrears of benefits. The explanatory memorandum says-

We have a few posters still available for this year- maximum of 2 per organisation-

Free colour hard copy(s)of our Benefits Rates Poster for 2020/2021 which includes the changes in Universal Credit standard allowances from October 2021-

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As detailed on our Benefit Rates poster 2021/22, from October 2021 the Government plans to cut the Universal Credit standard allowances for all Universal Credit claimants.

Furlough was introduced in Spring 2020, to stop people being laid off by their employers during lockdown.

In April 2018, the government introduced a scheme for support for mortgage interest in the form of a loan. Claimants are usually eligible for SMI if they have a mortgage and get one of the following benefits:

 Income Support

Latest Universal Credit statistics show- 5.9 million people on Universal Credit at 8 July 2021, down 34,000 from April 2021 and that just over 40,000 claims are being made each week-

The government has announced that it will soon change the law to