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<p>The Minimum Income Floor is designed to encourage and incentivise self-employed
Universal Credit claimants to increase their level of earnings and work their way
out of welfare dependency. In order to give individuals a fair and proportionate amount
of time to grow their business, the government has introduced a start-up period of
up to twelve months (for those eligible) where the Minimum Income Floor will not be
applied. Once an individual is deemed to be self-employed for the purposes of Universal
Credit, they will not be expected to undertake ‘work search’ requirements so that
they can concentrate on making a success of their business and increasing their earnings
to lift them out of welfare dependency.</p><p> </p><p>The government has no current
plans to reform the Minimum Income Floor or to extend the start-up period for self-employed
claimants in Universal Credit.</p><p> </p>
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