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Universal Credit¹

proper noun universal credit

  1. UK A welfare benefit replacing previous benefits and tax credits, gradually rolled out from 2013 and expected to cover the United Kingdom by the end of 2024. So now Mahmood was in debt and his existing benefits were stopped because the DWP computer thought he was receiving universal credit.

universal credit²

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  1. alternative Alternative form of Universal Credit

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"universal credit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/universal%20credit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{universal_credit_2026,
  title = {universal credit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/universal%20credit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}