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DWP says 1.4m legacy benefit claimants will be better off by £220 each month on Universal Credit

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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.

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that inflation has increased to a 40-year high of 9% in the 12 months to April, up from 7% in March.The figure means that the price of everything from food to fuel is set to increase, putting Chancellor Rishi Sunak under massive pressure to take more action to help millions of people.The managed migration process to Universal Credit is expected to leave an estimated 900,000 households worse off.Labour MP, Rachael Maskell, recently asked the DWP what estimates have been made of the average change in income per person that transfers from legacy benefits to Universal Credit.

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