Benefit claimants of Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC) may have inadvertently jeopardised their financial aid this summer, due to unfamiliarity with a new reporting system implemented by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Claimants might not be aware that taking holidays or spending time outside the UK can significantly affect certain benefits, especially UC and PIP.

Claimants of UC are required to report any trips outside Britain directly to DWP, this…