One in three Brits who apply for Universal Credit are told they CAN’T have any cash at all

ONE in three Brits who apply for Universal Credit are told they aren't able to claim any cash at all, it's been revealed.

Around 400,000 applications for the new flagship benefits system have been rejected in the past year alone,

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The most common reason forms were rejected because officials don't think they are trying hard enough to find work, or because they failed to book an interview in person.

Others provided the wrong National Insurance number, or just weren't eligible.

Around 100,000 new claims are made each month - but by July around 64,000 had been rejected.

MP Frank Field, who uncovered the figures, said: "These figures offer a glimpse of the sheer horror that awaits all too many families when they try ­making a claim for Universal Credit."

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He went on to add: "A small army of people seem to be disappearing from the system and an unknown number into ­destitution, ­shortly after they try making a claim."

The DWP said it was making it easier for people to prove their identity and that rejected claimants could still reapply.

The new system rolls six benefits into one, and will slowly be rolled out to everyone who is on those benefits within the coming years.

At the moment only new claims for benefits go onto Universal Credit, but it's been beset with problems in recent months.

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Brits have said it is pushing them into debt and some are struggling to survive - with one woman even saying she was forced to take £30 for sex work while she waited.

New DWP boss Amber Rudd has vowed to "fix" problems with it, and said she will look a the five-week wait for payment and other issues.

And she even hinted that single mums would jump the queue and get extra help.

Last month the Chancellor announced a raft of measures to help claimants, but they won't come in for months or even years to come.

Today it was revealed that some benefits chiefs are giving claimants up to 400 years to pay back overpaid cash.