The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has now restarted the ‘managed migration’ process of moving legacy benefit claimants over to Universal Credit, with the aim of completing the transfer for 2.6 million people over the next two years.
However, the DWP recently confirmed that only 500 people will initially be moved to Universal Credit through the managed migration process, which will increase over the coming months in order to complete the move for all claimants by the end of 2024.
More than 20 charities urged the UK Government not to restart moving people receiving older benefits on to Universal Credit unless it can guarantee nobody’s income will be cut off during the cost of living crisis.
