This article highlights that the government is extending the flexibility allowing Universal Credit claimants to undertake training for up to 16 weeks. The flexibility, originally announced as a six-month pilot in March 2021, increased the amount of time claimants could study full-time, work-focused courses while still receiving benefits from eight weeks to 12 weeks. This went up to 16 weeks if the claimant was on a skills bootcamp. This has now been extended to the end of April 2022.
