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Catherine Furze

DWP plans to move families from Tax Credits to Universal Credit in April

More families who claim Tax Credits will start to be moved over to Universal Credit in the next few months, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.

From next month, the DWP says it will be stepping up so-called Migration Notices, which give legacy benefits claimants notice that they will be switched to Universal Credit. The DWP has confirmed that the two million people through to be claiming Working and/or Child Tax Credit are first on the list, and has warned that those who fail to act risk losing their current benefit entitlements.

The news comes after the DWP resumed its plans last year to move all claimants currently receiving legacy benefits over to Universal Credit by the end of 2024 after the switch was paused during the pandemic.

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