{"id":224051,"date":"2023-11-04T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T13:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=224051"},"modified":"2023-11-04T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T13:47:16","slug":"dwp-extends-deadline-for-thousands-to-make-compulsory-switch-to-universal-credit-check-if-youre-affected-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/dwp-extends-deadline-for-thousands-to-make-compulsory-switch-to-universal-credit-check-if-youre-affected-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"DWP extends deadline for thousands to make compulsory switch to Universal Credit – check if you're affected | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has extended the deadline for thousands of benefit claimants to make a compulsory switch to Universal Credit.<\/p>\n

It comes as the\u00a0government\u00a0plans to\u00a0move all legacy claimants on to Universal Credit\u00a0by the end of March 2025, under a process known as managed migration.<\/p>\n

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The process began in May last year and came after a successful pilot in July 2019.<\/p>\n

Eligible\u00a0households\u00a0are being contacted via letters in the post which tell them how to make the move from tax credits to Universal Credit.<\/p>\n

Once you receive a letter, you have three months to move over, or you could lose your current benefits.<\/p>\n

But in the latest DWP Touchbase newsletter, the department has confirmed that thousands have had their deadlines to move extended.<\/p>\n

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The DWP said: "For migration notices that would have had a deadline date that fell between December 11 2023, and January 5 2024, 30 days has been automatically added to the claimant's deadline date."<\/p>\n

The DWP will next<\/span> start sending letters to those on tax credits living in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire and inviting them to switch to Universal Credit.<\/p>\n

Households on tax credits in the following locations should have started to receive these letters:<\/p>\n