THOUSANDS of households on Universal Credit, the state pension and benefits will receive an unexpected payment today.
This is because the date claimants usually receive their benefits falls on a bank holiday, so it has been pushed ahead to first working day before the break.
People on Universal Credit are getting paid early because of the August bank holidayAlamyHouseholds which would have got their payment on Monday, August 26, will now be paid today, August 23.
Official government guidance states...