Universal Credit payment dates may change over Easter and bank holidays

There are several bank holidays in April and May this year including the Easter weekend with Good Friday on April 7 and Easter Monday on April 10. There is also an extra bank holiday for the coronation of King Charles III.

People who receive benefits, such as Universal Credit, PIP or Pension Credit, may want to note when the bank holidays and if their payments may be affected as a result.

Anyone expecting a payment on one of the Easter bank holidays will get their payment early, on April 6, the day before Good Friday.

A person's benefits are usually paid directly into their nominated bank or building society account.

Those who have a payment date on a weekend or bank holiday will usually be paid the last working day before.

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This may vary depending on the type of benefits a person receives so people should check themselves how they will be affected.

These are the upcoming bank holidays that may affect a person's payments:

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When will I receive my benefit payments due on bank holidays?

This is how payments will be made that are due on dates that coincide with the bank holidays:

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Universal Credit payments are increasing by 10.1 percent in April, along with many other benefit payments, such as PIP, Pension Credit and Carers Allowance.

The benefit cap is also increasing by 10.1 percent. This is the maximum amount of total benefits a person can claim.

The cap is increasing from £23,000 to £25,323 for families in Greater London and from £20,000 to £22,020 for families nationally.

Lower caps apply for single households without children, which are rising from £15,410 to £16,967 in Greater London and from £13,400 to £14,753 nationally.

The state pension is also increasing by 10.1 percent in April as the triple lock policy has been reinstated.

The payments increase means the full basic state pension is increasing from £141.85 a week to £156.20 a week.

Those on the full new state pension will see their payments go up from £185.15 a week to £203.85 a week.

A person can check how much state pension they are on course to receive using the state pension forecast tool on the Government website.