The Department for Work and Pensions has issued an urgent warning to all self-employed Universal Credit claimants regarding income reporting requirements.

Posting on X, the DWP stated: "If you are self-employed and your income changes, remember to report any changes on your Universal Credit account. Your information needs to be up to date so that you aren't overpaid."

An accompanying video warned: "Not reporting changes could mean you are paid the wrong amount. And you might have to pay it back."

Each Universal Credit payment is calculated according to your circumstances during the weeks preceding that payment.

Failure to keep the Department updated during this period could result in incorrect payments and may trigger a series of consequences, reports the Mirror .

When your details

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