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Burnham Announces Universal Credit Rules for 325,000 Claimants

By Drooid · Oct 6, 2026, 12:11 AM UTC · How we work

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced new benefit rules for claimants in temporary accommodation.
From Monday, 325,000 residents will keep earnings as benefit reductions follow universal credit rates.
England recorded 135,580 households in temporary accommodation and 177,530 children by end March.
Local authorities spent a record £2.9bn on temporary accommodation in the year to April.
Citizens Advice found fewer than two percent of advertised private tenancies are affordable for benefit claimants.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced new benefit rules for claimants in temporary accommodation.
From Monday, 325,000 residents will keep earnings as benefit reductions follow universal credit rates.
England recorded 135,580 households in temporary accommodation and 177,530 children by end March.
Local authorities spent a record £2.9bn on temporary accommodation in the year to April.
Citizens Advice found fewer than two percent of advertised private tenancies are affordable for benefit claimants.