Benefits claimants have been warned that as many as 184,000 people could lose their funding. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is continuing its migration process, known as managed migration, as it forces people off legacy benefits. Instead, the DWP will be giving people the chance to claim Universal Credit.
People who receive notices are being warned because the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that 184,000 benefit payments have been stopped after a deadline passed. Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficulthttps://t.co/u7RT4prpvZ — Big Issue (@BigIssue) July 15, 2024 Having received a notice, claimants are forced to act within three months to keep their benefits.
According to the DWP, 184,120 claimants failed to carry out the switch between July 2022 and March 2024, resulting in them losing their benefit payments. Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Housing Benefit and Income Support claimants are affected, as well as those who claim Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and also Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). A migration notice informs a person that all awards of any existing benefits (those which UC is replacing) to which they are entitled are to terminate and that they will need to claim Universal Credit.
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