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<p>The Government's priority remains securing a deal to leave the EU. We have more
people in work than ever before, with wages continuing to grow. However, as a responsible
government we have plans in place for a range of scenarios. The welfare system provides
a strong safety net. A system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting
loans will be available for eligible claimants who need them.</p><p> </p><p>For new
claimants applying for Universal Credit (UC), new claim advances provide access to
a payment for those in financial need, which can be accessed on the same day, until
their first UC payment is due. We have increased work allowance rates by £1,000 in
April 2019 and they will be uprated in line with inflation in the future. This measure
provides additional support in a package announced in Autumn Budget 2018, worth £1.7
billion by 2023/24, to some of the most vulnerable low paid working households.</p>
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