The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed plans to resume moving claimants currently on six legacy benefits over to Universal Credit from this month.
The managed migration is set to restart on Monday, May 9 following a pause to the process during the coronavirus pandemic when DWP staff were focused on supporting the surge of new claimants applying for Universal Credit.
The move for all legacy benefit claimants will be completed by the end of 2024 and is happening because the DWP says the “six benefits being replaced all have complex and inefficient systems based on ageing, inflexible IT”.
