WORKING families on Universal Credit are set to get another £630 a year thanks to new rules that kick in today.

The work allowance has been raised by £1,000 over the year letting you hold onto more of your hard earned cash.

The Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said in The Sun that the benefits boost will make Universal Credit "fairer and more flexible" for hard up families.

It's a step in the right direction but it's not enough. We want you to hold onto even more of your wages so we're campaigning to Make Universal Credit Work, calling on the Government to reduce the taper rate 50p too.

The Chancellor first announced the changes for working parents with dependant children, or adults with an illness that affects how much they can work, in October's Budget last year.

Universal Credit payments are affected by how much you earn every month - for every £1 you earn over the work allowance the Government deducts 63p from your welfare payout.

The work allowance is how much of your earnings you can hold onto before the taper rate kicks in.

There are two different rates for the work allowance depending on whether you get help with your housing costs.

Up until now, the lower work allowance for those who claim housing benefit has been set at £198.

But from today, the rate has risen to £287 meaning that you can hold on to another £89 a month.

Those who are claiming the higher work allowance rate - people who don't claim housing benefit - will hold onto another £94 a month now that the rate has been put up to £503 from £409.

It will benefit millions of workers on Universal Credit who will also see a boost to their pay packets as the minimum wage increases.

Unfortunately, today's benefits boost won't help workers without children who are subjected to the taper rate for every penny that they earn.

At the time it was announced, Chancellor Philip Hammond said it was a response to concerns raised about how Universal Credit is pushing millions into poverty.

It's a step in the right direction - but it's not enough.

The taper rate stops people like single mum Tanya Lawson from making enough to pay the rent despite having three jobs because she can't afford the cut to her benefits if she took on more hours.

But if it was reduced, the changes would let vulnerable people hold on to another £100 a month, helping four million households out of poverty.

The Sun also wants the five week waiting period new claimants face to be slashed to two weeks and for parents to get the help with 85 per cent of childcare costs paid upfront.

We've spoken to hundreds of claimants suffering on the new system.

One mum told us how she's left with £1.80 a day to feed her family of four, while Farzana Miah has been left begging for cash from strangers so she can put food on the table for her toddler.