All the reasons your Universal Credit claim might FAIL as 900k cases closed last year – and how to avoid it

HUNDREDS of thousands of Universal Credit claims were closed before being paid in the last year, The Sun can reveal.

Households across the country get a boost to their income from benefits, and over five million of those are on Universal Credit.

A claim is made when an individual applies for Universal Credit.

This is the first step a person needs to take to receive the benefit.

But your claim could stumble at the first hurdle if you’re not clued up...