Welfare benefits to be paid monthly, say ministers
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Many welfare benefits will be paid monthly in an effort to prepare people for the world of work, ministers said. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith wants the new "all in one" Universal Credit to move away from a system of mainly fortnightly payments. The government has revealed the plans in a raft of extra detail about its shake-up of the benefits system. It comes as a Commons watchdog has questioned if the government's £2.7bn welfare savings plan is achievable.

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