Up to 2.6million Brits will start to be moved from “legacy” benefits to Universal Credit from this month - but will you be better off after being switched over?
The so-called “managed migration” process of transferring people over from the old benefit system to Universal Credit was temporarily paused due to Covid - but this will start again from May 9.
Only around 500 people will be moved to Universal Credit at first, but the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will increase the numbers of people it processes over the next few months.