Hardship payments in the United Kingdom Hardship payments in the United Kingdom are welfare payments that may be claimed when a person's social security benefits are sanctioned. Under Universal Credit, hardship payments are recoverable.[1] References[edit] ^ https://about.universalcredit.service.gov.uk/kms/Pages/Recoverable_hardship_payment.htm [dead link] This article related to government in the United Kingdom or its constituent countries is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte