EXACT date millions will get paid benefits including Universal Credit and PIP early this Christmas

THE nonstop dates millions volition get paid benefits aboriginal including Universal Credit and PIP has been revealed.

This benignant of fiscal enactment is usually paid erstwhile a period but bank holidays specified arsenic Christmas Day disrupt the schedule.

The upcoming vacation play means millions of payment claiments volition not beryllium paid connected their accustomed dates implicit Christmas and New Years.

If you are owed to beryllium paid connected a slope vacation you tin expect to spot the currency onshore successful your slope relationship earlier than expected.

You should person the money the archetypal moving time earlier you were expected to person been paid.

So if you are expected to paid connected December 25, 26 oregon 27 you volition beryllium paid connected December 24 instead.

That is due to the fact that the past moving time earlier the holidays is Tuesday Decemember 24.

The New Year slope vacation connected Janaury 1 besides impacts payment claimants.

If you are owed to person your payment connected January 1, you volition beryllium paid connected December 31.

Again, this is due to the fact that the past moving time earlier New Years is Tuesday December 21.

The Department for Work and Pensions said a full of 11 benefits volition beryllium impacted by the change. Which are arsenic follows:

• Attendance allowance
• Carer's allowance
• Disability living allowance
• Income support
• Jobseekers allowance
• Pension credit
• Personal independency payments (PIP)
• State pension
• Universal Credit
• Child payment (paid by HMRC)
• Tax credits (paid by HMRC)

It is worthy bearing successful caput that the magnitude you are paid volition not beryllium changed.

You volition besides person to marque the wealth past until the pursuing month, adjacent though you person been paid a time oregon 2 earlier.

If you deliberation you were expected to beryllium paid but the wealth has not landed successful your account, it whitethorn beryllium worthy treble checking the dates.

If it is the lawsuit that the wealth has not been paid into your relationship you should get successful interaction with the DWP.

You tin scope its Universal Credit helping connected 0800 328 5644.

Changes to Universal Credit

Universal Credit is replacing six benefits nether the aged payment system, commonly called bequest benefits. They are:

• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit
• Income-based Jobseeker's allowance
• Income support
• Income-related employment and enactment allowance
• Housing Benefit.

If you're connected immoderate of these benefits now, you tin take to determination implicit - but you mightiness not beryllium amended off.

You should see cautiously what moving implicit means for your money, arsenic you can't determination backmost erstwhile you're connected Universal Credit.

Using an online benefits calculator tin assistance you comparison and are escaped and casual to usage from charities specified arsenic Turn2Us and EntitledTo, and it's besides worthy asking them for advice.

You whitethorn beryllium moved implicit to Universal Credit if you person a alteration successful circumstances, similar moving home, a alteration successful moving hours oregon a person a baby.

But yet everyone volition beryllium moved implicit to Universal Credit.