People in four specific groups will get a Universal Credit payment boost when moving from their current welfare benefits. But others receiving existing 'legacy benefits' will eventually end up with less.
Universal Credit is replacing six benefits that will eventually be phased out - Child Tax Credit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Working Tax Credit.
As reported by Birmingham Live, the process of the transferring people over to Universal Credit is called managed migration. The Department for Work and Pensions is sending out a letter called a migration notice this week to those affected.
