Hundreds of thousands of people across the UK are expected to be hit badly by a freeze to benefits under controversial plans to shift 2.6 million households onto Universal Credit.
UK Government ministers announced on Monday night that they will begin moving claimants from six old-style 'legacy' benefits onto Universal Credit on May 9 — with plans to complete the move by December 2024.
However, as many as 900,000 households claiming the old-style benefits will be worse off in the long term, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed.
