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"Advisers should check, at the point of claim, if their client is in an area where Universal Credit has gone live" - BRHG's Richard Walsh
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a clarification that pay-outs from term life, critical and terminal illness insurance policies will not impact means-testing for Universal Credit.
The DWP was responding to an inquiry by The Building Resilient Households Group (BRHG) on how payouts from these insurance policies would be treated for means-tested benefits for working age people...
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