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<p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2018, payment of Income Support and the income related
elements of Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance will continue
for two weeks after a claim for Universal Credit has been made, effective from July
2020, benefitting 1.1 million households. Claimants will therefore receive one two
week run-on payment when being migrated to Universal Credit. This builds upon the
similar two week run-on of Housing Benefit that was announced at Autumn Budget 2017,
and which was introduced in April this year.</p><p> </p><p>New claimants to Universal
Credit can also apply for a Universal Credit Advance in their first month if they
need some financial support until the first regular payment of Universal Credit is
made. We have previously increased the maximum amount available for advances from
50 per cent to 100 per cent of the total award, and increased the repayment period
from 6 months to 12 months. The Autumn Budget 2018 also extended the recovery period
to 16 months from October 2021, and, from October 2019 reduces the maximum rate at
which deductions can be made from a Universal Credit award from 40% to 30% of the
standard allowance.</p>
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