All the UK bank holiday dates in 2025 that could affect your benefit payments including Universal Credit
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THOUSANDS of benefit claimants can expect to see their payment dates shift this year thanks to various Bank Holidays. Households receiving Universal Credit, child benefit and tax credits are among those affected. Benefit payments are made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) which tends to shuffle payment dates around holidays.
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It means that thousands of benefit payments are set to change in certain months in 2025. Typically if your payment date lands on a bank holiday, you can expect to receive it earlier than usual. You should receive your money the first working day before the date you are supposed to be paid.
The amount you get paid will not change and will be the same as the previous month unless you've had a change of circumstances that affects your claim. We've just had the New Year's bank holiday and so the next Bank Holidays that could affect payments will come up for Easter with Good Friday on April 18 and Easter Monday on April 21.
Then there are two holidays in May at the beginning of the month on the 5th and then later on the 26th. Plus another on August 25 before we get breaks again for Christmas Day and Boxing Day on December 25 and 26. Universal Credit and Child Benefit are among the most widely claimed benefits that will be affected by holidays but there are others too.
These are all the benefits the government lists on its website that could be moved forwards thanks to bank holidays and when they are usually paid. If you get paid early, it has a knock-on effect and you will have to wait extra days until your next payment date and make the money stretch over a longer period of time.
