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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Business
Sam Barker

Major Universal Credit shake-up to affect 2.6million claimants from today - explained

Millions of Brits on benefits will be worse off from today as legacy benefit claimants start to get moved onto Universal Credit again.

There are around 2.6million people still claiming so-called 'old-style' benefits in the UK.

This includes tax credits, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Income Support, income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Housing Benefit.

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