Great expectations: universal credit and expected hours

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(For subscribers) Some universal credit (UC) rules regarding work-related activity requirements affect claimants in different ways depending on the levels of certain thresholds. These thresholds should be set by reference to a claimant’s ‘expected hours’. Owen Stevens examines the rules on expected hours.

Issue: Issue 308 (October 2025)

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Great expectations: universal credit and expected hours

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