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Universal Credit surge as 950,000 people apply in past two weeks during coronavirus crisis

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Almost one million people have applied for Universal Credit in the two weeks since the UK Government urged people to stay at home amid the coronavirus crisis.Officials at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed that around 950,000 Brits have applied for the benefit between March 16 and March 31.The figure is a huge increase on the 100,000 applicants normally expected over the two-week period.The UK Government has moved 10,000 staff to process the claims and is recruiting more in response to the unprecedented amount of applications."With such a huge increase in claims there are pressures on our services, but the system is standing up well to these and our dedicated staff are working flat-out to get people the support they need,"

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