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The number of people on Universal Credit has increased in all 10 boroughs again – and it’s happened almost every month since the pandemic began

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Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The number of people claiming Universal Credit has increased again across all 10 Greater Manchester boroughs.

The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show all 10 boroughs have seen yet another increase in those receiving the all-in-one benefit – and it’s a pattern that’s been continuing since the start of the pandemic.

While the rate of increase has massively slowed – huge rises in claimant numbers were seen in the early months of the first lockdown in 2020 – lots of new people are still signing on with 1,786 new claimants seen across the city-region in just one month.

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