All the Universal Credit changes coming in 2021 that you need to know about
The DWP has confirmed changes including April payment rises and an extension to the recovery of advances
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The Universal Credit system will change significantly in 2021.
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Boris Johnson was facing questions about his support for his female ministers as it was revealed none have led a coronavirus press conference in the past six months.
Home Secretary Priti Patel was the last senior woman in the PM s top team to lead one of the set-piece televised briefings, on May 22.
Ms Patel did the standard round of ministerial media interviews today - the first time the daily appearances by a top minister had been carried out by a woman in the past five weeks.
One veteran Tory peer told MailOnline that part of the problem was Boris Johnson did not have enough female ministers who perform well on TV - partly because many, such as Amber Rudd and Margot James, had departed amid the Brexit civil war.
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