Claim: People can get up to £24,000 a year in benefits while working 16 hours a week.
Fact-check: £24,000 doesn't represent what most Universal Credit claimants receive - Full Fact
Verdict: this can happen. however, this amount is considerably higher than the average amount received.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Rachael Krishna
Date published: 2020-10-29T00:00:00