The government have put into place numerous measures to help sustain work and provide support for those who most need it during the Coronavirus pandemic.
To help, we're working flat out to provide useful information on the welfare benefit related measures to ensure everyone who needs help from the welfare system receives it.
Important: This is a fast-changing situation. We aim to keep the information given in these pages as up to date as possible - but the government announcements can be sudden and with little warning.This section provides information to those already claiming Universal Credit as well as those claiming for the first time.