Universal Credit (UC) changes are due to take affect in April, with standard allowance payments rising. UC is made up of a standard allowance and extra amounts based on individual circumstances.

From April 6, a single person aged under 25 will see their standard benefit payment rise from £316.98 to £338.58 per month. The amount for a single person aged over 25 increases from £400.14 to £424.90 per month. For someone under 25 who lives with a partner falling below the same age limit, they are in for a boost of more than £30, as the standard amount rises from £497.55 to £528.34 per month.

UC claimants who live with a partner, and either one or both are aged over 25, will see their standard allowance increase from £628.10 to £666.97 per month.

The Government's removal of the two child benefit cap also applies from April.

If you have three or more children, you could get more UC under the "child element" of the benefit, depending on certain circumstances.

Another payment claimants might get is the limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA).

At the current rate, this amounts to £423.27 per month for everyone entitled to the payment.

The LCWRA payment amount is set to rise from April 6, depending on whether or not a claimant meets specific health criteria. A higher rate amounts to £429.80 per month while a lower amount is £217.26 per month.

The Department for Work and Pensions is said to be mulling further welfare reforms, but any changes are not likely to happen until after 2027.

Changes to UC have been driven by efforts to help improve claimants' ability to get by. The Government has said previously that they are struggling on the existing standard allowance.

Most new LCWRA recipients from April 6 will have "significantly" lower awards from combined standard allowances and LCWRA elements, according to the House of Commons Library.

Most new, single claimants aged 25 or over will see their amounts drop £2,700 a year in 2029/30 than for those claimants in a group protected from the change.

The DWP's impact assessment estimates 750,000 claimants will receive the new, lower, LCWRA element in 2029/30.

In total, 2.17 million claimants will receive the protected rate in 2029/30, although the proportion of such claimants is expected to fall in the following years.